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Platos Allegory Of The Cave Vs Aristotle's

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Plato’s theory of knowledge is superior to that of Aristotles’s, due to his method of reasoning, broad-minded approach, and modern day scientific proofs. Although his theory is far from perfect, Plato’s belief regarding knowledge, truth and reality encompasses human nature and the possibility of the unknown, in contrast to Aristotle’s more one dimensional view of the matter.
Firstly, Plato’s method of inductive reasoning trumps the limited conclusions that can be drawn from Aristotle’s chosen medium of deductive reasoning. The latter method draws conclusions based on known concepts, while the former seeks to prove an abstract hypothesis through specific examples. Plato’s allegory of the cave is not only a plausible theory, but a concept supported
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