In the very center Plato and Aristotle are made to stand out more than anyone else in the painting. ... These two men are the main characters in ancient philosophy; they explained where we came from and the earth that surrounds us. ... This painting was done during the Renaissance which was a time of looking back on ancient philosophy with almost wishful thinking. ... Other noted philosophers are included in the painting but are not as detailed or focused as Plato and Aristotle. ... This was done to show that they did have some significance to ancient philosophy, but were not anywhere as im...

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Aristotle was born in Stagire, Greece. ... Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all had different philosophies though they learned from each other. ... Aristotle's philosophy focused mostly on logic. ... In a way, Alexander enforced Aristotle's ideas and was the first ruler to take interest in philosophy instead of thinking it was intolerable. ... They set the foundation of philosophy today. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. ... Aristotle (384-322 BC), also a Greek Philosopher, was a student of Plato and a tutor of Alexander the Great. ... Aristotle believed in logical thinking. ... Aristotle understood that Politian's had their own ethics to follow and give what is best to the city-states. ... Aristotle was indeed the developer of the processes of scientific observation and experimental approach with materials. ...

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Regarding change, we"ll consider the views of Heracleitus, who said that everything changes into something else, and Parmenides, who said that nothing every changes, and Aristotle, who said that sometimes things change into other things, sometimes they don't change, and sometimes they change without changing into something else. ... (The only philosophy we will study in this course is Western philosophy the philosophy of Western civilization, beginning in ancient Greece. We will not have time to go into non Western philosophy such as the philosophy of India and the philosophy of C...

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Philosophy was undoubtedly a very important component of the ancient Greek World. Three of the most influential Greek philosophers were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. ... Socrates was a sort of bridge to Plato and Aristotle. ... Just as Plato was a student of Socrates, Aristotle was a student of Plato. Aristotle, however, diverges from Socrates" and Plato's outlooks rather significantly. ...

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