Aristotle first trained in medicine, and then in 367 BC, he was sent to study philosophy with Plato in Athens. He studied there for 20 years, until Plato's death in 347, before returning to Macedonia after 20 years. ... Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. He did not think about the world in abstract terms like Plato. ... Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking and reasoning about them. ...

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First of all, Plato would have his guardians feel no attachment to those around them whereas Confucius emphasizes the importance of relationships with family and friends. ... In The Republic, the philosophers are supposed to not know what suffering is so that when they are sent into battle, there is no chance of them becoming cowardly. ...

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