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    Plato and Aristotle

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    Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were two philosophers who made an impact on philosophy as we know it as today. Plato is thought of as the first political philosopher and Aristotle as the first metaphysical philosopher. They were both great intellectuals in regards to being the first of the great western philosophers. Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to better life by improving the societies in which they were part of during their lives. The views of Plato and Aristotle look different

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    Plato the Cave

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    The Cave The allegory of the cave is a story of open mindedness and power of possibility made by Plato. Plato considers the allegory of the cave as an analogy of the human condition for our education or lack of it. So imagine prisoners who spent their entire lives chained deep inside a big cave. The prisoners were chained in a position where they cannot see the activity going on behind them and they are forced to stare endlessly at the cave wall in front of them. Directly behind them is a light

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    Plato and Aristotle

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    Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato Plato and Aristotle both have been very influential as the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristotle was a student of Plato and there are many similarities between these intellectual giants of the ancient world but there are also many things that distinguish them from each other. Aristotle was far more empirical-minded than Plato. First‚ Plato’s philosophy relegated the material‚ physical world to a sort of metaphysical second class. His contention was that the

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    Plato Summary

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    Plato- The Theory of Forms Plato (ca.428-ca.347 B.C.E) Socrates Pupil‚ born during the Peloponnesian wars he reaped the benefits of Golden Age and insecurities of the post-war era. Established the first Philosophy school‚ the Academy Wrote dozens of treatises using Socrates dialogue and many of them were actual conversations and others fiction. It’s hard to distinguish his from Socrates since the later wrote nothing. Plato most famous treatise “the Republic”. It asks two questions: “What is

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    Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an influential American psychologist‚ who added to the vocabulary of behaviorism the concepts of negative and positive reinforcer and of punishment. Skinner also invented the operant conditioning chamber. According to B. F. Skinner‚ positive reinforcement is the key to producing desired behaviors. Skinner believed that people "...work harder and learn more quickly when rewarded for doing something right than when punished for doing something wrong" (Charles‚ 1999)

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    Plato: Knowledge

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    must acquire it) through observation and reasoning through faith. Different views exhibit on how knowledge is achieved. One may say through common sense and observation‚ while another may say through teachers and peers. According to the philosopher Plato in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ “Certain professors of education must be wrong when they say that they can put knowledge into the soul which was not there before‚ like sight into blindness. The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already;

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    Reflective Response 1. Carl Jung and Karen Horney both made great contributions to the field of psychology; their studies have been applied to modern day research also their theories are used to support modern day studies. Carl Jung and Karen Horney were both Neo-Freudians meaning they all believed that Freud’s original theories were correct‚ however disagreed with him on certain details. The detail in common with these two theorists was that they both believed that inside a healthy individual

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    Euthyphro – Plato

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    Socrates is shocked to learn that Euthyphro is prosecuting his own father. Euthyphro defends his actions‚ believing that it is just to do so even though his acquaintances maintain that “it is impious for a son to prosecute his father for murder” (Plato‚ 8). Quickly‚ Socrates gets to the heart of the matter. Euthyphro is positive in his belief‚ therefore Socrates asks him directly: “what is the pious‚ and what the impious?” (9). Euthyphro’s first definition of piety is simple: “the pious is to do

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    Plato vs. Wittgenstein

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    Plato and Wittgenstein have very different ideas concerning the nature and function of mathematical propositions. Outline one or more of these differences. Whose account do you consider to be more accurate‚ and why? Plato and Wittgenstein possess contrasting views of what mathematics is‚ and how it can be utilized as a model within philosophy; nevertheless‚ they both agree that it represents more perfect model of philosophy. Whereas Plato was‚ perhaps‚ the first rationalist‚ Wittgenstein ’s forceful

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    Contribution

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    Café de Coral (Chinese: 大家樂; Cantonese Yale: daai6 gaa1 lok6‚ SEHK: 0341‚ Grey Market: CFCGY) is a fast food restaurant group which owns and operates fast food chains and restaurants including Café de Coral‚ The Spaghetti House‚ Manchu Wok‚ Oliver ’s Super Sandwiches‚ Ah Yee Leng Tong‚ and others. Founded in 1968‚ the Café de Coral group opened its first Café de Coral restaurant in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong in 1969. Since then‚ the group has grown to operate over 580 separate outlets

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