Name : Riddhi MaruSemester : 1

Batch :2016-2018Roll No : 29Paper no : 3

Emil Id ; riddhimaru27@gmail.comPresenatio Topic : Differences between Plato and AristotleSubmitted To : M.K,bhavnagar University- Department of

English

What are the differences between Plato and

Aristotle.

0.The primary difference between

Plato and Aristotle .lies in their

beliefs about what was most authentic

about existence.

Plato believed that ultimate reality is not present in everyday experiences.

Aristotle thought that the everyday world is more authentic than Plato’s otherworldly of ideals.

Plato and Aristotle appear at the center of the ltalianmaster Raphael’s painting

“The school of Athens”

Plato is pointing upward to emphasize his belief that reality is beyond the everyday. His term for these ideal types of reality is “the forms”.

Plato is bolding a copy of his treatise “Timacus” in which he describes his philosophy of the origins of the physical world.

Aristotle on the other hand, has a copy of the “Ethics”he wrote in his hand.

His hand is spread out before him, showing his emphasis on the Earth and the vast spectrum of moral teachings.

Both Plato and Aristotle wrote about many

Different subjects of the day, ranging from the proper

form of government to a definition of aesthetic beauty to the very nature of reality. The divide between their perspectives has remained in place among modern philosophers as well.