Aristotle was Plato's student, and they were good friends for 20 or so years. ... Unlike Homeric gods, who are controlled by human emotions, Plato sees this Demiurge as the purest and most perfect being, void of malice and evil ("Plato: Political Philosophy." par. 18). ... On the other hand, Aristotle (384-322 BCE), refers very little to God in his philosophy and when he does, he explains that this supreme being did not create our world. ... (Aristotle qtd in Irwin 131) According to Aristotle, the soul is not corporeal and it is very different from a body ("Tape 5: Aristotle, The Politic...

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One comparison of ideas can be drawn from Aristotle and Plato's belief about things not of this dimension, demonstrated through Socrates and Aristotle's text. The philosophies of the two minds constantly concern themselves with the ethereal, the things not of the Earth. ... It appeared that the option was available for Socrates to renounce his faith and go free, instead of continuing to practice philosophy and question Greece until he upset the wrong people and was put to death. ... However, this did not happen (but wouldn't that make a cool philosophy/sci-fi novel?). ......

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Philosophy When I was born, I did not know the difference between right and wrong. ... The word philosophy means the love of knowledge. ... It is said of Hume " it is the use he makes of the principle or the association of ideas, which enters into most of his philosophy. ... Aristotle is the third philosopher I will discuss. ... He wrote about many areas of philosophy, including ethics. ...

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Materialism is not an empirical philosophy. ... Aristotle introduces the soul as the form of the body, which in turn is said to be the matter of the soul. In understanding hylomorphism, one needs to understand Aristotle's four causes. ... Aristotle said that the soul is an essential form. ... Aristotle claims that "it is not unclear that the soul or certain parts of it, if it naturally has partsis not separable from the body."" ...

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