Plato had a student who was a philosopher.
Aristotle ( [ ˈærɪˌstɒtəl ] Ἀριστοτέλης , [ aristotélɛːs ] , Aristotélēs ; 384 -- 322 BC ) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira , Chalkidice , on the northern periphery of Classical Greece . Plato . Along with his teacher , Socrates , and his most famous student , Aristotle , Plato laid the very foundations of Western philosophy and science . Speusippus ( [ spjuːˈsɪpəs ] Σπεύσιππος c. 408 -- 339/8 BC ) was an ancient Greek philosopher .