Aristotle

Plato

Aristotle was Plato's student and later a critic, engaging deeply with Plato's political philosophy in his own works.

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Cited as a source describing the ideal states of Phaleas and Hippodamus.

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Aristotle is referenced as a source alongside Plato for understanding the physical side of the Republic.

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Mentioned alongside Plato as advocating a mode of life neither impoverished nor luxurious.

Plato's Republic: The Foundation of Civic Unity

Mentioned in the context of contrasting political philosophies, though not directly quoted in the excerpt.

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Mentioned as a critic of Plato's class division from a democratic perspective.

How something happened to utopia between Plato and Sir Thomas More; and how utopia was discovered again, along with the New World.

Aristotle is referenced as a critic of Plato's ideal state, representing a contrasting philosophical tradition.

II

Abandoned by Hythloday because the schoolmen had butchered his works.

II

Referenced as the philosopher after whom Bacon is overrated as a philosopher of natural science.

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Aristotle's concept of the material bases of the good life is invoked to question whether Bellamy's inventions are genuine goods or mere substitutes.

IX

Quoted on the purpose of community: men come together to live, and remain to live the good life, used as a check on industrialism.

XI

Cited for the observation that the grouping of people in towns, villages, and cities is a chief distinction between man and other animals.

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Aristotle is cited for predicting that slavery would end if machines could automate labor, illustrating ancient limitations on social improvement.

II

Mentioned for dividing his writings into exoteric and esoteric groups, recognizing separate branches of literature and science.

VI

Mentioned as having made the initial breach between literature and science.