... because of imitation and he imitates actions" (Poetics, IX, p82). Where in Plato there was a "quarrel between poetry and philosophy", by Aristotle's scheme poetry is more philosophic even than history (a chronicle of "real" events). Where Socrates puts it to Glaucon that an ... says certain things, and poetry aims at this" (Poetics, IX, p81). The central pre-occupation of Greek philosophy was the relation between universals and particulars; inPhysics Aristotle says "we must advance from generalities to particulars; for it is a whole that is best known to sense ... from misery to happines...

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... context may be discussed to have impacted an anthology of diverse doctrine through the influence, ingenuity and articulation within his dialogues conveying theories. Some accredit Plato with the invention of philosophy, while A. N. Whitehead concluded, 'The safest general characterisation of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.'2 Here arises the ... to imperfect senses, as certain experiences and influences would be individual and personal. The ideas about God within western religious philosophy can be said to have developed f...

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