... "what is our universe made of? What is fire, what is water?" Additionally, ethics has been a topic of copious debate between not just many philosophers including Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, but also in our current day in politics and law. Expanding on contemporary philosophy, philosophers today talk about very important social issues such as women's rights and environmental ... owned property and methods of production was the key to a successful economy and by extension a prosperous society. He criticized speculative philosophy, equating metaphysics with ideology, similar to that of P...

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... first used by Aristotle. When Aristotle referred to, or used, Dialectical logic it became a set procedure through which he could argue any given problem, using probability to prevent inconsistencies. Later Plato used dialectical logic, however he used it in reference to dialogue. The dialogue being a method of scientific investigation leading to truth by analysis. Later it became the common term for ... was referred to when talking of anything Dialectical). Marx may have had a slightly different idea of what exactly the study of dialectics was, but as I pointed out so did both Plato and...

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Since the beginning of time, man has tried to devise a perfect political system. Plato designed a utopian Republic, while Karl Marx radically changed the face of the earth by offering a secular state that is supposed to be sufficient for all. In more contemporary literature pieces, ... ...

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... an unconstructive light on points that frequently stirred political debates between communists and capitalists. She specifically singles out Marx's theory on participatory democracy. Marx, unlike democratic reformist critics such as Plato and Aristotle, believes that democracy should be a community activity and not an individualist one. He supports his theory by analogizing and comparing democracy to economics; saying the world had to ... ...

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