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Plato and Aristotle are the greatest philosophers not only in antient Greece, but probably in the whole history of western philosophy. Their ideas shaped not only the history of philosophy but also the history of the modern culture and society. And exactly from that perspective we will observe them in this paper – as an articulation of two different and distinct cultural paradigms. Their way of thinking, their methodological approach, their ideas, and their mental matrix are embodiment of two different cultural paradigms, that shaped modern world. Thus, they created two completely different worlds. Plato`s philosophy is intuitive, even mystical, Aristotle’s is grounded, rather empirical, and scientifical mind. Plato separated ideas from this world, Aristotle insisted to place the ideas into the world. Plato is theological even mythological thinker; Aristotle is rational and logical thinker. For Plato, God is subject of mystical insight, Aristotle`s God is just a logical necessity. This type of division of these two completely different methodological and scientific approaches will continue throughout the history – in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and the New Century. In this paper we see that division as an essential, ontological division, inherent to two completely different mentalities and thus, cultures. In this way, it turns out that not only Plato and Aristotle, but also the entire ancient philosophy, is an omnipotent source of modern culture, from which both mysticism and rationalism draw inspiration. Which shows that ancient thought is not only a bridge between East and West, but also the creator of two possible worldviews. |
