Stephanus pagination is a system of reference and organization used in modern editions and translations of Plato based on the three-volume 1578 edition of Plato's complete works translated by Joannes Serranus and published by Henricus Stephanus in Geneva.
Volume 1, Page 142 of the 1578 Stephanus edition of Plato, showing the opening of Theaetetus
Volume 3, pages 32–33, of the 1578 Stephanus edition of Plato, showing a passage of Timaeus with the Latin translation and notes of Jean de Serres
Plato, born Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Roman copy of a portrait bust c. 370 BC
Plato was one of the devoted young followers of Socrates, whose bust is pictured above.
The mathematical and mystical teachings of the followers of Pythagoras, pictured above, exerted a strong influence on Plato.
Heraclitus (1628) by Hendrick ter Brugghen. Heraclitus saw a world in flux, with everything always in conflict, constantly changing.
