Plato is regarded by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. ... The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. ... Essentially what Plato wants to achieve is a perfect society. Aristotle, unlike Plato, is not concerned with perfecting society. ... Plato's utopia consists of three distinct, non-hereditary class systems (Hacker 32). ...
When you start mixing politics and philosophy, you get a strange mixture of theories that work in theory itself but have never been tested in practice. ... Plato is probably the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. ... The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. ... Plato's Utopia consists of three class systems. ... Plato's Utopia is different. ...
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) was a Greek philosopher and one of Plato's most famous students. During his time at Plato's academy, Plato's thinking and his philosophical approach to politics and the economy heavily influenced Aristotle (Tannenbaum, D., 2012, pg. 33). ... He had the ability to speak Greek aided in spreading Greek literature and philosophy throughout ancient Rome. ... Surely Greek philosophy had a major influence on Roman hierarchy and intellectuals alike. ... Through all there philosophical differences, they seemingly shared many attributes and both contributed to ...
There are three questions that must be answered when talking about the tyrant that is described in Plato's "Republic-. ... And since Tyranny is the farthest from philosophy, the tyrannical pleasures are the most distant therefore leading the tyrannical life to be the most unpleasant and the philosophical life the most pleasant. ... In my own opinion I feel Socrates or Plato, whichever is really talking, is persuasive for reasons other than answering the questions at hand correctly. ...
He spent twenty years studying and working at Plato's Academy. Plato was an influential philosopher and scholar that made a tremendous impact on Aristotle. Many of Plato's ideologies were presented in Aristotle's works. ... Aristotle's philosophies are visible in today's society....
The writings of Descartes had awakened in him the interest in philosophy. ... His first book (Essay Concerning Human Understanding) concerned arguing with Plato, Descartes and other scholars citing that there are no original ideas or principles. ... Locke's philosophy on human nature was greatly influenced by the hard times in which he lived and was involved in. ... He might seem to be straightforward but he adds to his philosophy a theory of morals which could be really confusing. ...
