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Plato is historically identified as a proponent of panpsychism [1], with specific arguments for the theory found in his dialogue 'Sophist' [2] and documented in scholarly analysis by David Skrbina [3].

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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 2 facts
claimIn the dialogue 'Sophist', Plato argues for panpsychism by asserting that all things participate in the form of Being and must therefore possess a psychic aspect of mind and soul (psyche).
claimPanpsychism is one of the oldest philosophical theories and has been historically ascribed to philosophers including Thales, Plato, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and Bertrand Russell.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact
claimDavid Skrbina found several panpsychist remarks in the works of Plato and fewer in the works of Aristotle.