The Difference Between Plato And Plato

Humans are curious creatures. This shows truth with Adam and Eve as they lived and explored the Garden of Eden. Adam used his mind to name the different animals. Ever since then, the human race has continued to learn and explore. This earliest learning had no name other than pure curiosity, but as people began to become scholars, this exploration became known as philosophy. This form of thinking became popular in the Greek city-states such as Athens. Philosophy was early scholar’s way of understanding life and how it worked. Plato is a famous philosopher, born in 429 B.C., who was passionate about finding logic, instead of blaming events on the Greek gods (Plato, Wikipedia). Almost 700 years later, in 354 A.D. another phenomenal philosopher,

He too believed that it was important to teach students how to critically look at philosophy. He quotes in The City of God that “...the minds of their enemies have been alarmed by the multitude of the Christians…”(Augustine, and Paul Halsall). His radical ideas, swept across the Christian community in Western Civilization.

A major difference between Augustine and Plato was the public’s opinion of them. Augustine was a church bishop and his ideas about faith were more widely accepted. He still taught some radical ideas that not all people agreed with. Plato’s teaching was much less appreciated. Many of the older generations were not happy with his new, radical ideas. They accused Plato of corrupting their children and young adults (Plato 80).

Augustine and Plato differentiated in religion and views, such as divinity of God or a divine goodness. Plato believed in divine goodness. Considering the time in which he lived, it made sense that he did not want to believe in a divine God, because he was trying to use logic to explain things, instead of blaming the Greek gods. Although they are different, they have similarities that allow their teachings to be closely studied with each other. They both believed in the concept of divinity. They also were passionate about spreading knowledge. Both of these famous philosophers thought it was important to encourage independent thought and