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    rules‚ traditions‚ norms‚ values‚ and culture. Plato and Aristotle tow of the most influential figures in Greek philosophy. Both Plato and Aristotle were big critics of democracy as a poor form of government. Aristotle’s views about democracy hold that democratic office will cause corruption in the people‚ if the people choose to redistribute the wealth of the rich they will end up destroying the state and since the people have no knowledge about governance when they elect rulers they will err.

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    Plato vs. Aristotle Theatre is said to be a performing art that is always changing and whose every performance is unique (Downs 472). While there is a set definition of theatre‚ there hasn’t been a set reason as to why we do theatre‚ and many people such as Aristotle and Plato have come to a disagreement as to what that very nature is. However as a Christian I would have to say that I disagree with the philosophy of Plato and do believe that theatre helps open the mind of the viewers to see the

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    The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle are responsible for some of these major early discoveries and are a big reason as to where we are today due to their endeavors to understand various philosophical topics. In this essay‚ I am going to explain Plato’s views on knowledge and science‚ Aristotle’s views on change and science‚ and ultimately how although both contributed to man’s understanding of philosophy today‚ Aristotle started a departure from the views of Plato and into an entirely new

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    it instead without. Step#3: Don’t Beg Whatever you do‚ don’t beg. Begging is one of the worst things you can do when you really want something‚ (unless your parents are push-overs and surrender after begging). Begging is not good because it will either annoy or make them mad. If you make them mad by constantly bugging them they REALLY won’t buy what you want. There is one exception to bugging your

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    The views of Plato and Aristotle are different but to some extent similar. Plato was mostly known for Theory of Forms and Aristotle was basically known for his thoughts in metaphysics. Even though they both thought a bit differently they did agree in a few things‚ for instance‚ Plato and Aristotle not only impacted social life in the past but the future‚ in fact some still use it in today’s society. Plato was a student of Socrate’s. He founded the first University called Academy in the year 387

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    Plato and Aristotle‚ arguably the most important philosophers of their time‚ both made attempts to define justice. Being that Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ their ideas share many similarities. Both viewed justice as the harmonious interaction of people in a society. However‚ Plato defined his ideal of justice with more usage of metaphysics‚ invoking his Form of the Good‚ while Aristotle took a more practical approach‚ speaking in terms of money and balance. Although Aristotle’s ideal of justice

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    POL 311 (HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT) TOPIC A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLES POLITICAL THOUGHT WRITTEN BY OKWOR‚ STEPHEN USHIE 09/ED/EF/814 DEPT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT) FACULTY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO DR. EJERE DEPT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF UYO‚ UYO AKWA IBOM STATE MAY‚ 2012 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLES POLITICAL THOUGHT In order to compare these great philosophers‚ it is

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    Plato’s philosophical explanation of the underlying causes of stasis‚ showing how Plato’s theory informed Aristotle’s later work. Plato applied the concept of stasis to composite units‚ such as the body‚ soul‚ or social groups‚ whose cooperating parts cease to operate in accordance with their nature‚ thereby interrupting the telic operation of the entire organism. Plato therefore defined stasis not by reference to specific features‚ such as violence or unconstitutionality‚ but as an aberrant condition

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    250 SAT words Page i About this book This book is a collection of exercises designed to help learners master Sparknotes’ selection of the 250 most difficult SAT words (http://www.sparknotes.com). All the sentences used in the practice questions are adapted from The Free Library (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/)‚ British National Corpus (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)‚ Collin Cobuilds Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ Webster’s New World Essential Vocabulary (David A. Herzog)‚ and How to Prepare

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    Axia College Material Appendix C Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle Matrix Fill in the matrix below‚ denoting each philosopher’s view concerning the topics listed. Write NA if there is no record in the textbook of the philosopher’s view on the specific topic. Then‚ using the information you inserted into the matrix as a guide‚ write a 350-700 word response describing how Socrates’‚ Plato’s‚ and Aristotle’s philosophies relate to each other. |

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