Academy (Plato's Academy)

Plato’s Academy was an ancient Greek educational institution founded around 386 BCE in Athens. It served as a place for philosophical discussion, learning, and debate, attracting thinkers like Aristotle. The Academy emphasized critical thinking, inquiry, and the pursuit of knowledge about ethics, politics, and natural sciences. It is considered one of the earliest examples of a higher learning institution, influencing Western philosophy and education for centuries. The Academy was not a formal school with strict curricula but a community of thinkers dedicated to exploring big ideas through dialogue and reasoning.