1. In contrast, Aristotle believed that imitation involves human experience, and in that idea he saw a new role for the arts. According to the philosopher, the artist is free to imitate aspects of nature, but he does take a firm stand on the unity of form- which are its formal and structural qualities. Aristotle explicates form in terms of "causes"which means that any external factor apart from matter explains why something is the way it is, and what function it could do. In short, form is that which causes something to be the thing it is. And while Plato's definition of form relates to Ideal forms, Aristotle associates form as an intrinsic characteristic of the object.
2. Another difference between Plato and Aristotle is the way how they discuss imitation in relation to beauty. For Plato, beauty is an idea- something unseen or unexplained that is exposed into the order of the natural world. Hence the importance he place on mathematics as the key to understanding the natural world. On the other hand, Aristotle believe that beauty is something real and it is also a function of form, it is not abstract as of Plato but it is grounded in an object. In other words it is bounded inside the environment upon which it takes place.
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