Aristotle\'s Naturalism Aristotle is famous for his rejection of Plato\'s notion

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Aristotle's Naturalism Aristotle is famous for his rejection of Plato's notion of "the forms," that is, of a dimension to really that transcends the natural world. Does this make Aristotle a metaphysical "materialist, in the sense that was discussed. Is he saying that the only reality is the one which lies before us, a reality which we can see and touch, weigh and measure? Whether or not this is Aristotle's view, do you think that this is "right" point of view within metaphysics? Are claims, like Plato's, of a dimension to reality that "lies beyond the senses," connected more to myth and superstition, then they are to logic and rationality? If we are to be reasonable and "scientific" should we accept materialism as providing us with the truest picture of reality?

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Less fundamental things, (e,g) animal

Substance is primary something compound and matter and form

Plato : objects are Illusions, idea are reality ,myth Greek ,humans were originally created with four arms four legs and head with two face

Plato Aristotle Idealism Realism Republic politics The Ideal state A working government Transcend (human selfishness Acknowledge ( human selfishness Social Unity Balance

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