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Compare And Contrast Plato And Aristotle's Theory Of Forms

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Plato and Aristotle are famous western philosophers who studied ethics, mathematics, physics, etc. Although some of their ideas were similar, Aristotle disagreed with Plato’s Theory of Forms. His realm of ideas is introduced in The Beginnings of Western Science. “The forms are incorporeal, intangible, and insensible; they have always existed, sharing the property of eternality with the Demiurge; and they are absolutely changeless.” (Chan Chi Wang 13) For Plato, he thought that the sensible world is not perfect. Hence, it is less real. The corporeal object is the imperfect copy of the form. In Aristotle’s view, sensible objects must exist fully and independently. The traits that contribute to a character of an individual just belong to the object itself, but do not have any link connecting with the world of forms.
Aristotle disagreed Plato’s view because it is empirical and on practical grounds. His idea is more about philosophical, rather than a practical way to find the truth. Unlike Plato, Aristotle relies on observation. Based on having a number of …show more content…

But I do not agree that Plato and Aristotle are not as good as Newton, as we have to understand that there was limited resources and information at that time, particularly in Plato’s time, the word ‘science’ is not yet exist. People believed in Gods, like there is thunderstorm because Gods are angry. We think that is ridiculous but we have to understand that people are taught to worship Gods since they were born. They are like the people in the cave mentioned in the Republic. They are fixed in the same place since childhood, and they watched the shadows on the wall for life. It is understandable that they cannot accept the reality when they are brought out of the cave. Hence, I think that Plato is the person that walk out of the cave, and tried to tell others what he saw outside the cave, and convinced them to walk

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