A second circumstance that doubtless contributed to make Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance was the fact that in Italy the break between the old and the new civilization was not so complete as it was in the other countries of Western Europe.
Born circa 428 B.C.E., ancient Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. His writings explored justice, beauty and equality, and also contained discussions in aesthetics, political philosophy, theology, cosmology, epistemology and the philosophy of language.
When he was 18  he entered an academy called Plato's school in Athens. Where he  stayed for nearly 20 years. He was one of the brightest most  learned students and they called him the Intelligence of the  school and the reader Plato died in 347 BC. Aristotle married  the ruler's daughter Pithias.