Plato and Aristotle - Video Notes (Vocabulary Flashcards)

Vocabulary flashcards covering Plato's and Aristotle's concepts related to forms, poetry, education, tragedy, and rhetoric.

Plato's perfect society

Plato's ideal city-state described in The Republic, organized by justice, specialization, and philosopher-kings.

Forms

Things we see in are imperfect copies of

Mimesis

copy of a copy, 2 steps removed

Cave (Allegory)

An allegory where prisoners see only shadows and come to knowledge by turning toward the light of true reality.

Strict education

Censorship of stories

Disliked poetry

Plato's view that poetry imitates appearances and may undermine virtue.

Aristotle's approach

observation of the natural world.

Plot is king

Beginning middle and end

He created

Scientific method of analysis

Catharsis

When characters suffer; emotions like pity and fear

6 parts of tragedy

Plot, character, diction, reasoning, spectacle, song

Ethos

Persuading through speakers character

Pathos

Persuading through audience's emotions.

Logos

Persuading through logic

Deliberative

Public speeches about future policy or actions.

Judicial

Public speeches concerning past events

Epideictic

Ceremonial speeches that praise or blame in the present.

Poetics

Aristotle's study of the internal qualities of tragedy (plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, song).

Rhetoric

External; Study of persuasive communication and its impact on the audience.