Aristotle Or Plato

Aristotle vs Plato, Who was greatest thinker of the time.

Born: 384 BCE in Stagira, Northern Greece.
Student of Plato: Spent 20 years studying in Plato’s Academy in Athens.
Tutor to Alexander the Great: Taught the young prince who would later conquer much of the known world.
Founded the Lyceum: Created his own school in Athens where he emphasized observation and logic.
Believed in empiricism: Taught that knowledge comes from experience and observation, not just pure thought.
Developed formal logic: Introduced syllogism, a system of logical reasoning still taught today.
Wrote extensively: Authored works on ethics, politics, biology, physics, logic, and poetry, many of which survive.
Ethics focus: Promoted the idea of the “Golden Mean” — virtue lies between two extremes.
Political theory: Considered humans as “political animals” and argued that the state exists for human flourishing.
Died: 322 BCE in Euboea, Greece — his teachings shaped Western science and philosophy for 2,000 years.

Born: Around 427 BCE in Athens, Greece, into a noble family.
Student of Socrates: Deeply influenced by Socrates’ method of questioning and pursuit of truth.
Founded the Academy: Established the first university in the Western world, where he taught philosophy for decades.
Teacher of Aristotle: His most famous student who later disagreed with many of his ideas.
Believed in idealism: Argued that the material world is a shadow of a higher, unchanging world of Forms or Ideas.
Wrote in dialogues: Most of his works are written as conversations between Socrates and others.
Key works: The Republic, The Symposium, Phaedo, Timaeus, and Apology.
Political philosophy: In The Republic, he envisioned a society ruled by philosopher-kings, guided by wisdom and reason.
View of the soul: Believed the soul is immortal and divided into three parts — rational, spirited, and appetitive.
Died: Around 347 BCE in Athens — his philosophy laid the foundation for metaphysics, ethics, and Western thought.