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People. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Aristotle. First published Thu Sep 25, 2008 Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) numbers among the greatest philosophers of all time.
Judged solely in terms of his philosophical influence, only Plato is his peer: Aristotle's works shaped centuries of philosophy from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance, and even today continue to be studied with keen, non-antiquarian interest. Aristotelianism. Plato. First published Sat Mar 20, 2004; substantive revision Wed Sep 11, 2013 Plato (429–347 B.C.E.) is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy.
An Athenian citizen of high status, he displays in his works his absorption in the political events and intellectual movements of his time, but the questions he raises are so profound and the strategies he uses for tackling them so richly suggestive and provocative that educated readers of nearly every period have in some way been influenced by him, and in practically every age there have been philosophers who count themselves Platonists in some important respects. He was not the first thinker or writer to whom the word “philosopher” should be applied.
Free Will Debate: Who’s in Charge? by Michael Gazzaniga (review) I was almost four when it first occurred to me that no one else was missing legs.
Flooded by questions without words to articulate them, I connected images with explanations. Those first confusing moments unravel in my mind like an old film.