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Georg Friedrich Ast was a German philosopher and philologist whose scholarship primarily focused on the dialogues of Plato. He is recognized for initiating critical inquiries into Plato's life and works, significantly shaping Platonic philology. Ast also explored aesthetics and the history of philosophy, advocating for the principle that the history of philosophy represents the development of reason itself and pioneering efforts to articulate a principle of intellectual evolution. His comprehensive Lexicon Platonicum remains a valuable resource.