Aristotle vs. Plato

Aristotle vs. Plato

By: Ben Jones, Gabriella Elliott, Savanna Pettet, and Shyam Patel



*This blog post includes the questions we researched and answered about Aristotle and Plato. The questions and answers also go along with the interview video.



Aristotle

What were Aristotle's personal beliefs?
- He believed that all people desired happiness but happiness was only achieved when a person used his/her intellectual abilities to their full power.
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What was Aristotle's view on literature?
-He believed that literature is determined by our qualites/character and that these basic combinations of traits show in the actions at critical moments.

What was Aristotle's philosophy?
-He believed that understanding the material in reality can be achieved by properly identifying the essential traits of the materials and distinguishing these traits.
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Plato

What were Plato's personal beliefs?
-Plato, like Aristotle, believed that all people desired happiness in some way; however, he believed happiness was the result of a healthy soul.
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What was Plato's view on literature?
-He believes that it is difficult to put theorys and ideas in words, but readers will understand them after long thought, discussion, and questioning.
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What was Plato's philosophy?
-He believed the nature and destiny of a man has an individual soul chained to a material body and that the metaphysics ultimate reality is spiritual in nature.
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