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SOCRATES, PLATO, AND ARISTOTLE MATRIX AND RESPONSE

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Matrix and Response

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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Matrix

Fill in the matrix below, denoting each philosopher’s view concerning the topics listed. Write NA if there is no record in the textbook of the philosopher’s view on the specific topic. Then, using the information you inserted into the matrix as a guide, write a 350-700 word response describing how Socrates’, Plato’s, and Aristotle’s philosophies relate to each other.

Socrates Plato Aristotle

Logic and Argument in Philosophy

The essential nature of knowledge, justice,

beauty, goodness, and traits of good character

such as courage

What is truly is not the objects we encounter

sensory experience but, rather, Forms, and these

can only be grasped intellectually

Made a study of the principles of sound

reasoning

Methods of Acquiring

KnowledgeSocratic Method Theory of Forms

The syllogism and forms of thought

Love Beauty within itselfThe Symposium

(Mortal and Immortal)The three souls

Existence Universal Truth Realm of Forms Substance

Write a 350-700 word response (collectively) describing how the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle relate to each other concerning the following topics:

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Logic and Argument in Philosophy Knowledge and Methods of Acquiring Knowledge Love Existence

The three main philosophers that most memorable of their philosophy are Socrates, Plato and

Aristotle. All philosophers were connected to each other through each other teachings. Plato was the pupil

of Socrates and Aristotle was the pupil of Plato, which connected the three philosopher’s logic about in

philosophy, knowledge and methods of acquiring knowledge, love and existence.

Because Socrates wrote nothing himself, Plato wrote dialogues that would be able to explain the

Socratic Method, which is used throughout his dialogues and currently. The Socratic Method

takes the form of question and answers, in order to achieve a stronger conclusion or a better

assumption of knowledge.

Plato was more of an idealist and rationalist; who divided reality into theory of forms.

Plato believed there was order in the universe and nature had laws; which both concepts were

considered ideas. Plato also believed that the world strives to be ideal, perfect and complete.

Plato based love on immortality and mortality, which co-signs with the way Aristotle,

related to love by placing love on three levels. One being sensual or physical pleasure; second

being sensuous pleasure; third being is ideal love. The three level of pleasure was called the three

levels of souls. One soul is considered the appetite, the second soul is considered courage and the

third soul is considered reason. Appetite soul is mortal, courage is mortal and lives in the heart

and reason soul is immortal and uses the brain.

Aristotle concepts about the three souls were similar, but with a slight difference. The three

souls that Aristotle defined were plants, animals and human.

Socrates and Plato explored existence a little in their philosophy; but Aristotle discussed

existence and substance as judgments. Aristotle believed the first judgments are based on

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whether a thing exists or not; additional judgments are based on a thing’s substance and

characteristics. Aristotle believed in substance had a double meaning. The first meaning refers to

the individual, particular thing. The second meaning is based on what a thing is in common with

other things.

To sum up the existence, Aristotle believed everything has an essence or definition, which

is usually shared with other like things.

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Philosophers of Hellenistic and Christian Eras. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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