Aristotle considered it a key intellectual virtue, bridging the gap between theory and practice. Unlike Plato, who saw the soul and body as separate, Aristotle argued that they are intrinsically ...

Brunelleschi’s revival of classical columns, arches, and domes was not mere imitation. It was an effort to recapture ... They studied and taught foundational Greek texts such as Plato’s Republic and ...

If Plato said these things, it must have been in what Aristotle calls his 'unpublished' teaching. How can we trust implicitly either Aristotle's apprehension of Plato's meaning, or even his ...

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 ...

Philosophers Plato, Avicenna and Aristotle. Credit: Blondinrikard Fröberg/Flickr and in public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A scene from an illuminated manuscript of ‘Maqamat al-Hariri’, a ...

The Greek philosopher Plato was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. Leonidas Drosis via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Thanks to an ancient text and specialized scanning ...

In this book, Plato presents conversations where Socrates talks ... what makes a tragedy successful and how it can affect the audience emotionally. Aristotle's ideas about imitation and keeping a ...

He served Rome but remained Greek. He said that Plato, Aristotle, and other thinkers like the Stoic Zeno wrote and taught how to live in ideal cities but never translated their ideas into ...

Did Aristotle really exist? The provocative question, which was the topic of a viral video by nationalistic Chinese scholar Jin Canrong, has launched yet another battle in the narrative war ...

Aristotle was seventeen when he left his native land for Athens, where he evidently encountered Plato and his Academy—the legendary circle of scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers.