Plato's metaphysics combines,but also reinterprets,the perspectives of
A) Anaximander,Thales and Democritus.
B) Heraclitus,Pythagoras and Parmenides.
C) Heraclitus,Aristotle and Augustine.
D) Pythagoras and Axaximenes.

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Plato's metaphysics is heavily influenced by the three philosophers mentioned, particularly Parmenides who argued for the existence of a timeless, changeless Being which Plato identified with his concept of the Forms or Ideas. Pythagoras also influenced Plato's understanding of the role of mathematics in understanding reality, while Heraclitus' emphasis on change and flux was reinterpreted by Plato as the realm of sensory experience that is subject to constant change and therefore not ultimately real.

Plato's Metaphysics Combines,but Also Reinterprets,the Perspectives of