Who do you like better, Plato or Aristotle? The answer may determine your vote in this year’s presidential election. Chatterbox reached this tentative conclusion after poring over a 1995 book by ...

Plato's own pupil, Aristotle, was born in 384 BC and began as an ardent supporter of his teacher. However, gradually he modified his teacher's views and turned away from the world of ideas back to ...

Imitation has long been acknowledged in philosophy – it's there in Plato and Aristotle, who both noted the human tendency to copy others as being fundamental to creativity. Photo / Getty Images ...

Aristotle, as a student of Plato, had great reverence for ethics and a harmonious society. Where Plato saw central planning as the option — such as a communistic or heavily planned socialist system — ...

When we turn to the other most famous ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C. – 322 B.C.), we find little of the political regimentation that characterizes his teacher, Plato. For Aristotle, ...

It is a philosophical debate that has raged for millennia. From Aristotle’s belief in becoming, we can understand how he derived his belief in our essential nature. Our essence is an evolving ...

Aristotle (384-322 BCE) was a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy and science. While influenced by Plato, Aristotle diverged from his teacher's idealism, developing his own systematic ...

Whereas Plato associates physical and mental health with the virtues and in particular with the virtue of temperance (sophrosyne, "healthy mindedness"), Aristotle associates health with the ...

I tried to piece together a picture of him as I arrived with my partner at the site of the Lyceum, Aristotle’s answer to Plato’s Academy, where I had visited the week before. It is said that ...

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