Beginning as a wrestler, Plato strived to participate in the Olympic Games. Always lagging behind, he left his Olympic dream behind. After trying wrestling, he wanted to become a tragic poet. Having failed to impress the judges at a major competition, he changed course and traveled to hear one of Socrates' speeches. He then decides to follow in the same footsteps as Socrates. Becoming one of Socrates' students, Plato wrote down Socrates' works and began to develop his own ideas along the way. He also founded the first university called the academy. Plato's philosophy is based on the idea that everything is a copy of this ideal form. He believes that no one knows what anything real looks like. (Strathern) Plato also believed that there were three main parts of the soul. Depending on which part of the soul is most important in a person, they can be a leader, a warrior, or a servant. (Kerns) Plato believes that the good life is the perfection of the imperfect images of the Earth and the distinction between the different parts of the soul. Plato believes that there is an ideal image for everything and that its reality is only an ideal image....