Plato vs Aristotle
... Plato is traditionally thought to have been born in 428 D. ... While Plato was still a boy, his father died and his mother married Pyrilampes, a firend of the great Athenian statesmane, Pericles. Thus Plato was no stranger to Athenian political life even from childhood. ... Give his social class and family connections it would have been natural for Plato to take a prominent role in Athenian polliticla life.