In The Republic, Plato crowned philosophy as the highest of all human endeavours, making politics and earthly pursuits secondary. Aristotle flipped this picture and examined politics in its concrete sense, toward a view of human flourishing. Discuss the differences between these two, or any other pair of thinkers who follow in their footsteps, explaining how they are opposed and whether any possible synthesis between them could bring about a reconsideration of the relationship between philosophy and politics.
