This document provides information about the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, including their biographies and some of their major ideas. It notes that Plato was born in 428 BCE and was a student of Socrates, while Aristotle was born in 384 BCE and was a student of Plato. Their notable works and ideas are listed, such as Plato's Apology and Republic, and Aristotle's Aristotelian logic and theory of the soul. The document then discusses some key differences between Plato and Aristotle's philosophies regarding topics like knowledge, forms, and ethics.

1. PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

2. Presented by : Nagla Drashti P.
Class: M.A
Semester: 1
Paper No:3
Paper Name: Literary Theory and Criticism
Batch Year: 2016-2018
Email id: nagladrashti38@gmail.com
Submitted to: Smt.S.B Gardi Department of Englis
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University

3.  Aristotle born in 384
BCE
 He was a Greek
Philosopher.
 He was a student of
Plato.
 His notable ideas are:
 Aristotelian logic
 syllogism
 hexis
 Theory of the soul
 Plato born in 428 BCE
 He was also a Greek
Philosopher.
 He was a student of
Socrates.
 His notable works are:
 Apology
 Symposium
 Republic
Aristotle Plato

4. AristotlePlato

5. Some Different points
between Aristotle and
Plato
Plato – “Intellectual concepts of perfect
objects needed for a priory knowledge can
not be gained from experience.”
Aristotle – “Intellectual concepts of perfect
objects needed for a priory knowledge can
not be gained from experience, by
abstraction (on the soul).”

6. Plato – “A priory knowledge is equal
to prenatal knowledge”
Aristotle – “A priory knowledge
is not prenatal, but can
be gained by induction
based on abstraction”

7. Plato – “The object of our intellectual concepts (i.e.
the things we directly conceive by means of our
intellectual concepts ) are the perfect forms.”
Aristotle – “The object of our intellectual concepts are
the nature’s (essences, quiddities ) of material
things (on the soul); These objects can not be the
perfect forms of Plato, for such perfect forms can
not exist.”

8. Difference
between Plato
and Aristotle
Philosophy
Science Ethics
Political Theory

9. In
Philosophy
•Plato believed that concepts had a
universal form, an ideal form, which
leads to his idealistic philosophy
•Aristotle believed that universal forms
were not necessarily attached to each
object or concept

10. IN ETHICS
Plato believed that wisdom is the
basic virtue and with it, one can unify
all virtues into a whole.
Aristotle believed that wisdom was
virtuous, but that achieving virtue was
neither automatic nor did it grant any
unification of other virtues.

11. IN SCIENCE
Plato did write about Mathematics,
Geometry, and Physics, but his work
was more exploratory in concept than
actually applicable.
Aristotle, among a few others is
considered to be one of the first true
scientists. He contributed new
concepts in Math, Physics, and
Geometry.

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