Plato Aristotle Dialogue
Plato and Aristotle Dialogue
As I was at Plato’s Academy, I overhear an argument between Plato and Aristotle. The two were in an intensive argument over the theory of forms and the theory of knowledge. As I listened, I noticed that the two had extremely different viewpoints on the issues, but both men had compelling arguments. The first heated discussion was on the theory of knowledge.
Plato’s views on knowledge were interesting to me. Plato believed that knowledge about reality comes from within the soul through a form of recollection rather than from without through being (Moore & Bruder, 2011). Plato also believed that the soul was immortal. Thus the soul, since is immortal and has been born many times, and has seen all things both here and in the other world, has learned everything that is (Moore & Bruder, 2011). He believed that a man would not seek what he already knows. He knows it so there is no need to inquire (Moore & Bruder, 2011). Plato believed that when we are faced with seemingly new things, it does not take us long to learn them because we have learned them in another life. When we are presented with issues, our recollection sets in and everything comes back to our memory.
Aristotle listened while Plato made his argument. He then came back in defense with a compelling argument as well. Aristotle has the belief that knowledge comes from intuition. Intuition is defined as an immediate, direct seeing of a certain truth (Moore & Bruder, 2011). He feels that the highest principles of knowledge must be intuitively, as they can never be adequately known or proven (Moore & Bruder, 2011). As I listened to the conversation, I gathered that Aristotle did not believe in knowledge. Aristotle believed that all knowing was simply intuition. Plato then argued that with that being said, where intuition comes from. To have intuition, there must have been some kind of prior knowledge or teaching. Knowledge is learned.
I listened to both sides and I ultimately
As I was at Plato’s Academy, I overhear an argument between Plato and Aristotle. The two were in an intensive argument over the theory of forms and the theory of knowledge. As I listened, I noticed that the two had extremely different viewpoints on the issues, but both men had compelling arguments. The first heated discussion was on the theory of knowledge.
Plato’s views on knowledge were interesting to me. Plato believed that knowledge about reality comes from within the soul through a form of recollection rather than from without through being (Moore & Bruder, 2011). Plato also believed that the soul was immortal. Thus the soul, since is immortal and has been born many times, and has seen all things both here and in the other world, has learned everything that is (Moore & Bruder, 2011). He believed that a man would not seek what he already knows. He knows it so there is no need to inquire (Moore & Bruder, 2011). Plato believed that when we are faced with seemingly new things, it does not take us long to learn them because we have learned them in another life. When we are presented with issues, our recollection sets in and everything comes back to our memory.
Aristotle listened while Plato made his argument. He then came back in defense with a compelling argument as well. Aristotle has the belief that knowledge comes from intuition. Intuition is defined as an immediate, direct seeing of a certain truth (Moore & Bruder, 2011). He feels that the highest principles of knowledge must be intuitively, as they can never be adequately known or proven (Moore & Bruder, 2011). As I listened to the conversation, I gathered that Aristotle did not believe in knowledge. Aristotle believed that all knowing was simply intuition. Plato then argued that with that being said, where intuition comes from. To have intuition, there must have been some kind of prior knowledge or teaching. Knowledge is learned.
I listened to both sides and I ultimately