¶ … Postings Synthesis of six postings

The first posting, like most of the postings on the question "How do Socrates', Plato's, and Aristotle's ideas still affect us today?" stresses the Socratic Method as the primary gift of Socrates to the world. It notes the similarity in approach of Plato and Socrates, given that Plato was the primary disseminator of what we now label as Socrates' teachings. The second posting also discusses the Socratic Method and its modern applications, but creates more of a distinction between the teachings of Plato and Socrates. Plato placed a greater stress upon the distinction between what we call 'the real world' and his vision of the ideal world (the realm of the forms). The first two posts state that Plato and Socrates used mathematical concepts to illustrate their ideas, although the equally influential Aristotle...

The first three posts all detail the wide range of Aristotle's interests, which went far beyond that of conventional, abstract philosophy.
The fourth post focuses more on the different views of government of the three philosophers. In the case of Socrates and Plato, both philosophers were very distrustful of democracy, and believed only people who were gifted to rule should have the ability to do so. Aristotle also envisioned a divided society, based upon classes. All of these philosophers thought they were creating societies that were ideal and equal, based upon ensuring that 'the most fit' would rule, but their definitions of fitness and equality were very different from our own concepts. The fourth post also makes a distinction between the different teaching styles of…