Submitted by christina on October 17, 2007

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Plato Vs Aristotle

Two of the great philosophers of ancient Greece are Plato and Aristotle; they both had theories about politics, philosophy and other subjects, which however, they differed quite a bit. In fact, one of the great Renaissance artists, Raphael, portrayed the very different ways of thinking in one of his fresco at Vatican City, “School of Athens,” the two philosophers are depicted in the scene with Plato looking up and Aristotle pointing down, which is basically how each their thought processes seemed to work. Plato thought that the answers could be found in the soul or on a more metaphysical level—he had his head in the clouds so to speak, looking towards heaven or other things in the...

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