... be called a teacher of humanity, these are Plato and Aristotle-, Hegel wrote in his "Lectures on the history of philosophy-. Clarifying this postulate, Hegel wrote that Plato belonged to personalities of world-historic importance and his philosophy was one of those creations of worldwide significance that since its emergence "had been exerting the greatest influence on spiritual culture and the course of its development during all the following epochs-. In Plato's view, the aim of philosophy is to enable ... just mutual cohabitation of people in the State, created in conformity with the...

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... ) Even though his lectures were popular and well attended, his views failed to gain the widespread measure of acceptance, which Thomas Acquinas eventually enjoyed. John Duns Scotus? lack of acceptance was due mostly to his difficult style and contrasting clarity of Thomas Acquinas. Like Aquinas, Scotus was a realist in philosophy, but he differed from Aquinas on certain basic issues. A major point of difference concerned their views of perception. Scotus ... his difficult wording and sometimes undermining views of the accepted ideals of the time. However, he remains widely respected toda...

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