PHILOSOPHY and SOCIOLOGY
bust of Plato in the Louvre (Paris)
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.
Alfred North Whitehead
Even though Plato is not considered the “father” of sociology--he is probably the first person to systematically study society in a “sociological” way. In other words, he thought like a sociologist.
Ronald Keith Bolender