Let's start with some similarities between the two that will lead us to understand why Aristotle deviated from Plato's beliefs about the arts. Both of these thinkers believed in the immutable rational idea or essence, which shapes everything we know. For them, nothing can be understood without understanding the idea or the form. Aristotle was, however, more tolerant of art and tried to rationalize tragedies, for example, rather than rejecting them as Plato did. Although he did not explicitly say that he opposed Plato's theories on art, he did so in his writings. First, Aristotle challenged Plato's belief that a person is either rational or emotional, half animal and half deity, and that one should only strive to be logical. Instead, Aristotle saw the flaw in this theory and believed that there were not two irreconcilable parts but that all faculties interacted together. Most of our actions involve the mind, and it is impossible to separate the rational part from the emotional part. It is therefore inaccurate to say that art appeals only to emotion but not to reason, because the two are linked. Our whole brain is on full blast