In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: In one work, this philosopher wrote about a man who questions the title character, who is on his way to charge his own father with murder. This philosopher wrote about a Pythagorean astronomer in Timaeus. This thinker used the allegory of prisoners watching shadows on the wall of a cave in one work. This man advanced his theory of forms in a work that describes the last teachings of Socrates entitled Phaedo. For 10 points, name this Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic, the founder of the Academy and teacher of Aristotle.
A:
Social Science