Plato Vs Aristotle

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Plato vs . Aristotle

One of the most commendable and popular philosophers , and mathematicians has been considered as Plato , born in Athens , Greece in 428 or 427 BC (Pater , pp . 19-20 , 2007 ) He is credited for the pioneering in the academic learning by founding and establishing the Academy , one of the earliest academic institutions , according to the Western history of philosophy . A number of scholars have credited approximately thirty-five dialogues however , which has been led to several doubts and discussions

related to authencity of the texts . One of the qualities of Plato is that he was excellent at a number of different and diverse subjects ranging from philosophy , mathematics logic , epistemology , theology , and a number of other subjects as well that has placed him as one of the greatest philosophers of all time in the Western philosophy (Taylor , pp . 39-50 ) A number of scholars have considered Plato as one of the greatest contributors of Western philosophy besides his teacher , Socrates , and his student , Aristotle

On the other hand , Aristotle is famous for his student , Alexander the Great , and his teacher , Plato . In addition , he was a master in a huge range of subjects , such as psychology , philosophy , politics , biology metaphysics , physics , etc , which can be observed through his numerous publications . In this regard , a number of scholars referred him as one of the founding members , or even father of Western philosophy . One of the other reasons of such a powerful authority...