PLATO, PLATONISM, ARISTOTLE, ARISTOTELIANISM AND GAP IN CULTURAL HISTORY
Plato and Aristotle have entered the pantheon of cultural history as the icons of Hellenism, proud antiquity, and Western cultural legacy, having inspired different streams of analytical methodology and having caused the ongoing debate over the purpose of existence, the correct pathway of human inquiry, proper values and systems of rule. Both philosophers, master and his outstanding student, became the shapers of intellectual history, propelling the foundation of the two noted trends in philosophy, known as Platonism and Aristotelianism, on the basis of the major differences in regards to the origins of the world and the social order. The canonical texts by Plato and Aristotle – The Republic and The Laws, and Politics and Constitution of Athens – seem to be the keys to understanding their respective differing schools of thought. In addition, we deal with common feature of both thinkers, i.e. the peculiar "forgetting" of the proto-Hellenic cultural foundation, posed by the, little mentioned in history, legacy of the Phoenicians, the Greek rivals and mentors, despite their transmitted tradition of governance. We deal with these intentionally forgotten signs within the controlled semiotic space, cultural memory and its whims. ; Plato and Aristotle have entered the pantheon of cultural history as the icons of Hellenism, proud antiquity, and Western cultural legacy, having inspired different streams of analytical methodology and having caused the ongoing debate over the purpose of existence, the correct pathway of human inquiry, proper values and systems of rule. Both philosophers, master and his outstanding student, became the shapers of intellectual history, propelling the foundation of the two noted trends in philosophy, known as Platonism and Aristotelianism, on the basis of the major differences in regards to the origins of the world and the social order. The canonical texts by Plato and Aristotle – The Republic and The Laws, and Politics and Constitution of Athens – seem to be the keys to understanding their respective differing schools of thought. In addition, we deal with common feature of both thinkers, i.e. the peculiar "forgetting" of the proto-Hellenic cultural foundation, posed by the, little mentioned in history, legacy of the Phoenicians, the Greek rivals and mentors, despite their transmitted tradition of governance. We deal with these intentionally forgotten signs within the controlled semiotic space, cultural memory and its whims.