Plato Greece - Ca. 428-348 B.C. - Audio Classics Author:Charlton Heston Plato was the first great philosopher of the West. He thought that there are changeless eternal forms on which existing things are modeled. To Plato human beings consist of an immortal soul together with a body that keeps it in the twilight world of changing perishing things. the soul has a love for the eternal the good the true and the bea... more »utiful; these give life purpose stability and meaning.« less