... stars then returned to them after death. And finally, Hippocrates asked if life started with water, fire, or some other element. B. Compare and contrast the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. Plato and Aristotle both had ideas that have an enduring impact on philosophy and civilization. Plato believed that there were perfect forms of ideal models, and that humans could only satisfy them ... to a certain degree. He also outlined the ideal form of government: a state of ruled autocracy by philosopher-kings. Aristotle, a student of Plato, spent twenty years debating and rethinking Plato'...

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... the meaning of poetry could increase the intellectuality of the boys rather than just memorizing line after line. (Protagoras 325-326). Another subject that was taught, drawing, received praise from Aristotle because it "is supposed to be useful in enabling us to judge the work of craftsmen better." (Politics VIII.3). As one can see, the education of an Athenian was far ... of killing. As always, every event mandated by the state was for the sole purpose of creating a warrior that would die for his homeland. Bibliography Aristotle. The Nicomachean Ethics. David Ross. Ed. Oxford: Oxford ...

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... was to create a state of soldiers to effectively control the helots, who vastly outnumbered the Spartiates. This represented a weakness in the state and economic structure that hindered its power, and Aristotle (from The Politics, quoted in Hennessy, 1991, 69) is critical of Sparta's brutal methods employed to control them as he states "results of this kind go to show that the ... ...

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