Humanities Homework Help

In this comparison/contrast essay, choose one to the following questions to answer. Place one of the bold titles at the top of your essay.

Plato & Aristotle on Knowledge

• Explain Plato’s theory of Forms and his metaphysical distinction between intelligible knowledgeand sensible belief (opinion). How does Plato treat change? What is the role of recollection?
• Contrast this to Aristotle’s theory of Substance (form & matter) and his account of accidental change.
• What is Aristotle’s account of substantive change, thefour causes, and how we acquire knowledge.
• How does Plato’s account concerning knowledge of Forms and their participation differ from Aristotle’s account of universals.

Plato & Aristotle on Morality

• List and discuss some of the differences in method and approach to morality in Plato and Aristotle.
• How do we attain virtue? Is it recovered through recollection and/or produced through certain activities?
• How is virtue connected to the parts of the soul for each thinker?
• What answer might each give to the Sophist position on relativism (physis vs nomos)?
• What is the difference between striving toward the Platonic Good and Aristotle’s end called eudaemonia or Happiness?