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    The Metaphysical Pizza as Sliced by Plato and Aristotle   Plato and Aristotle were Greek philosophers who lived within the third and fourth century BC. Thought Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ they each had very different ideas or theories on how life is or Metaphysics. Plato theorized that reality was outside of our physical world and outside of most humans understanding‚ while Aristotle theorized that this physical world was the only world and the only reality. Plato looked for a universal

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    History of Philosophy Quarterly‚ Vol 14‚ No 2‚ April 1997‚ pp. 177-188 Samuel C. Wheeler III Philosophy Department‚ U-54 University of Connecticut Storrs‚ CT 06269 Plato’s Enlightenment: The Good as the Sun In The Republic‚ Book VI‚ the Form of the Good is compared to the sun. The present essay explains and unpacks this crucial simile with unprecedented clarity and detail. The essay shows that‚ beneath an alien surface‚ Plato’s thought (To simplify the complicated circumlocutions that

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    the concept of Forms and Ideas while also inquiring on both justice within a person and what exactly makes a person ‘just.’ Plato argued that the human soul innately searched for the Form of Good which could only be found through philosophical reasoning. Plato believed in two worlds‚ the material world and the world of the Forms. The Forms differ from material objects because they are perfect and pure; while material objects are a complex mixture of imperfect properties of the Forms. Plato stated

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    that each and every job was done properly and as well as possible. It keeps everyone doing the job they do best‚ and no job is done by someone who is any less than the best at tackling it. Plato believed that this was the way to conduct the ideal form of political justice. Everyone must do what best suites their nature and not pry into any business other than that which is naturally suited to them. According to Plato‚ his society was separated into three roles: Producers‚ Rulers and Guardians. Producers

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    Plato’s Influence by Shannon Johnson English 122 24 August 2011 Plato ’s influence There are icons that will be referenced for many years to come. They touched on many topics (including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ etc.)‚ which influenced their philosophy. However‚ as humans start using more and more of their abilities or capabilities to think and having more resources to prove things‚ their philosophy may

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    The Basic Form of the Sermon This reading reaction seeks to give a clear summary of chapter 5 in the book “The Witness of Preaching” by Thomas G. Long. The summary will concentrate on some key points in an attempt to capture the essence of this chapter and its teaching. This reading reaction also seeks to engage with this chapter by highlighting important concepts‚ and also questioning unconvincing themes and information before its conclusion. Chapter 5 in the book “The Witness of Preaching” by

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    his views became more differ from Plato. In Plato’s school Aristotle got the important knowledge‚ with which he had opened his own‚ against Platonic‚ school. One of the biggest differences was their knowledge of metaphysics‚ views of the ideas of forms. In this work it will be discussed what are the strengths and weaknesses of both views and which view seems more reasonable and better argued? The main idea of Plato’s philosophy is “eidos” or idea. (Plato‚ 2008‚ 5) This knowledge was accepted

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