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"Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of the world have spirit and power of philosophy, and politics greatness and knowledge meet in one, and those commoner natures who go after either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand away, cities will never have rest using their company evils - no, nor the people, as I really believe - and then only will this our Express have a opportunity of life and behold the light of day." (Plato, The Republic) "All men by nature desire to learn. An indication of the is the delight we ingest our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are simply adored for themselves; and most importantly others the sense of perception. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost anything else. Associated with that this, almost all of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many variations between things." (Aristotle, Metaphysics) Over 2,300 years after their deaths, Plato and Aristotle remain the most important ancient Greek philosophers and arguably the greatest symbols of historical thought. Their legacies expanded rapidly and thoroughly across the historical world, helped partly by the actual fact Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great. Both philosophers were named celebrated intellectual causes during most of antiquity and the center Ages. The longevity of the the two philosophers' legacies is matched up only by the incredible breadth of the works. Plato and Aristotle protected from the heart and soul and metaphysical issues to politics philosophy, research, and ethics. To put it simply, Plato and Aristotle laid the foundation for Western philosophy and thought, and even even today they remain foundations of knowledge for following philosophers to count on when developing and refining their own philosophies.
