Keleah JohnsonDr. GretoPY 317October 10, 2014Compare and contrastMany philosophers are well known for their positions or beliefs. One of the best known philosophers are Plato and Aristotle. Plato, once a student of Socrates, found himself teaching Aristotle. This is why both Plato and Aristotle cover most of the same topics and have direct contrasts on topics and similarities. Most comparisons between Plato and Aristotle can be found in their forms of “Problems of Universals” and Realism versus Idealism. Plato adopted many ideas from his mentor Socrates, but he also picked up some ideals from influential people of his time such as Homer and Heraclitus. Like Socrates, Plato was concerned with moral questions