Tinyere ọdọ-nkụzi ya, Socrates, na amụrụvi kasị ama, Aristotle, Plato tọrọ nnọọ ntọala nke nkàọmụma na nkàmmụta Ọdịdaanyanwụ. Alfred North Whitehead si otu mgbe kwuru: ""nke kasị dịrị nchebe n'ozuzu ndona-agwa nke ọdịnala nkàọmụma Europe bụ na ọ na mejupụtara nsorosoro nke ededeala (footnote) maka Plato. "" Tụkwasị n'ịbụ mmadu ntọala maka nkàmmuta Ọdịdaanyanwụ, nkàọmụma, na nkàmgbakọ (mathematics), ha tukwara Plato aka dịka otu n'ime mbidovivo nke ọnọdummụọ Ọdịdaanyanwụ, tumadu ọnọduKraịst, nke putara na Friedrich Nietzsche, n'etiti ndị ọzọ ọkà mmụta, kpọrọ ""Platoomi ọha.’