A dialogue that examines the origin, function, and possibilities of language. Language as a natural creation or as a work of the human spirit. The philosophical aspect of nomenclature, the relationship between older and newer linguistic forms, the connection between the knowledge of 'names' and the knowledge of reality.

Plato was born in 427 BC, a descendant of a prominent Athenian family. He received an excellent education and was introduced to Greek philosophical currents. However, what decisively shaped his ethical and spiritual essence was Socrates, with his life, philosophy, and death. The great philosopher was the reason the young Plato turned to philosophy, and the Socratic conceptualization became the foundation for the later Platonic theory of Ideas.

Plato profoundly interpreted Socrates as a man and teacher, capturing his personality in many of his works. He traveled to Egypt, Cyrene, and Greater Greece, where he unsuccessfully attempted to apply his political principles in the organization of the Greek cities of Sicily. In 387 BC, he founded the Academy in Athens, a renowned center of philosophy and the Muses, which lasted for almost ten centuries, until the time of Justinian.

Plato devoted himself until his death (348 BC) to teaching and writing. His works, all preserved, were classified by Thrasyllus into nine tetralogies. Almost all belong to the genre of dialogue, with which Plato emerged, besides being a leading philosopher, as a true poet.

His teaching derives from the doctrines of Greek thought, Orphism, Pythagorean and Ionian philosophy, and of course the Socratic discourse, ultimately shaping, as a personal creation of Plato, into a colossal philosophical system. His philosophy - ethical, ontological, political - is the foundation of global Idealism and has perhaps influenced thought throughout all times more than any other.

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