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 ...

Arthur Herman's The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization is an illuminating and thought-provoking look at how the theories of the two ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — When it comes to rhetoric, Plato was right and Aristotle — not so much. Distilled, Aristotle thought rhetoric good for democracy, though his definition of “by the people” was ...