PHIL 2200 REVIEW QUESTIONS1) Etymologically‚ what does Philosophy mean? Ancient Greek: Philo – Love‚ Sophia – Wisdom/knowledge. The love of wisdom.2) What is epistemology? Theories of knowledge 3) What is ontology? The study of being.4) What is ethics? A system of moral principles.5) According to Singer‚ what are four things that ethics are not? Particularly concerned with sex An ideal system which is useless in practice Something only intelligible in context with religion Relative or Subjective
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The Truth seeker – Aristotle The famous Harvard School Motto is: Let Plato be your friend‚ and Aristotle‚ but more let your friend be Truth. At the early stage of the human civilization‚ there were many intelligent people that had achievements in all kinds of fields. When people were using mysticism to explain things‚ Aristotle was seeking the truth‚ and he did. It changed our sight of seeing the world now. Aristotle was born in 384 BCE. When he was seventeen‚ he came to Athens- the culture’s capital
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Aristotle Life Aristotle was born in the year 384 B.C in Stagira‚ Greece. Aristotle’s father was a court physician to a Macedonian king. Aristotle would the Macedonian influence for the rest of his life and will keep strong connections the Macedonian court. When Aristotle was 17 he was sent to Athens for a better education where he then attended Plato’s Academy‚ the finest school in Athens. Aristotle created a very close relationship with Plato and his academy. Aristotle did not take over Plato’s
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Foundation 1089-2680/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.9.2.111 Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California‚ Riverside Kennon M. Sheldon University of Missouri—Columbia David Schkade University of California‚ San Diego The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However‚ surprisingly little scientific research has focused on the question of how happiness can be increased and then sustained‚ probably because of pessimism
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Aristotle One of the greatest thinkers of all time was Aristotle-322 BC‚ the Ancient Greek philosopher. He has practically influenced every area of present day thinking. His main focal points were the natural and social sciences. In Stagira‚ a town on the northwest coast of the Aegean Sea‚ in the year of 384 BC Aristotle was introduced to the world. He grew up a wealthy boy. His father was friends with the noble king of Macedonia‚ and as a young man he spent the majority of his time at the
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Aristotle discusses in Book 2 Chapter 6 about Shame and Shamelessness. He defines shame as “pain or disturbance in regard to bad things‚ whether present‚ past‚ or future‚ which seem likely to involve us in discredit; and shamelessness as contempt or indifference in regard to these same bad things” (Aristotle‚ pg. 85). Aristotle makes an intriguing conclusion when he says that if we take these definitions as previously stated above to be true‚ we feel same at such bad things as we think are disgraceful
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1. Brian Doyle‚ Irreconcilable Dissonance 308 - 311 Eduardo Porter‚ What Happiness Is 456 - 459 Kate Chopin‚ The Story of an Hour 395 -398 2. Different views of happiness in relationships. 3. Brian Doyle‚ Irreconcilable Dissonance 308 – 311. Many couples are getting a divorce these days. There are many dramatic reasons to why a people get divorced. Individual’s might be married for years and in a blink of an eye in can all be gone‚ just from the spouse calling it quits. The author is telling the
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Chad Phillips Ecn 327 When looking at the way Aristotle viewed the world and comparing it to the British Tradition you first need an understanding of each. In this paper I want to first discuss what I’ve learned about Aristotle‚ The British Tradition‚ and then compare and contrast the two. Aristotle was a disciple of Plato‚ but they saw society a bit differently. Plato would be considered in this day and age as someone who believes in collectivism. A collectivist believes that the needs of
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options‚ the intentions‚ the responses‚ the consequences. The thought process is an endless circle of what-ifs and why-or-why-nots and what-will-happens‚ but in the end‚ someone will decide what must be done‚ how they must do it‚ and why they must do it. The art of decision making has been speculated by many‚ including modern philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ and ancient philosopher and scientist‚ Aristotle. Their views on decision making differ because of the era in which they lived in‚ and so they both
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Affirmative essay Aristotle and Socrates and Plato’s beliefs have similarities mainly evident in their denouncement of democracy for the state. The views of Socrates expressed and written by his pupil Plato are vastly philosophical in nature and he promotes the idea of questioning life to achieve insight. The philosophers who possess the absolute truth are the best equipped to rule society according to Plato and his Allegory of the Cave. Conversely‚ Aristotle takes a more political science approach
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