rederick smith The Golden Ratio March 31 2011 1. The introduction: Hello my name is Frederick Smith‚ I will be speaking you about a fascinating thing that is in everything‚ it’s a part of you‚ it created you & its not just in you‚ its all around you. Its also in all plants and in all animals. Take for example an octopus has eight tentacles hence the name “octo’~pus‚ each one of its tentacles has the exact number of suckers on it and each tentacle is the same length pretty amazing right...
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The life in Ancient Israel was based on covenants and spiritual loyalty to the god which led to the unequal leadership of a single person. Aristotle perceived such leadership as insufficient since he thrived on an idea of Polis‚ in other words‚ a perfect community of households in which all individuals had a purpose. Likewise‚ Aristotle considered the involvement and purpose of citizens to be detrimental for having a prosperous nation. However‚ the people of Ancient Israel were ignorant in terms
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is not an end in itself‚ rather it is a subordinate end that creates means to higher ends. Thus‚ to understand how to be a good person‚ one must understand the higher end purpose‚ happiness‚ which is pursued for its own sake. Aristotle’s conception of happiness focuses on the activity of success and fulfillment (Green‚ R. M. G. A.‚ 2013‚ p. 9). Aristotle considers happiness as an activity. For the businessperson this could mean receiving a promotion. Happiness is not a single activity‚ rather it
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who through the use of Aristotle’s Rhetorical triangle‚ constructed a well developed argument to prove Tom Robinson’s innocence‚ simultaneously exposing the harsh reality of a black man’s life in the 1900’s. Through the use of the three elements of Aristotle’s Triangle‚ Atticus crafted an argument that should have adequately convince the
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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In other words‚ in order to apply golden rule one should imagine oneself in the place of the other person. It is important to remember that the golden rule does not replace the generally accepted moral norms. Nevertheless‚ under the current circumstances‚ the cultural diversity‚ and the rapid pace of the social development‚ the golden rule is a solution to the standardization of the ethical values. On one hand‚ evaluating the situation
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In Aristotle’s piece entitled “Happiness and Virtue‚” he discusses the different types of virtues and generally how one can achieve happiness. According to Aristotle‚ human happiness is a life long process. It is continuously ongoing and the purpose has the end in itself. Happiness is an activity of the soul and in that is an ongoing actualization of the soul’s potential for virtue. Being virtuous is self- sufficient in itself and therefore leads to human happiness. There are four parts of the
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disproves free will. If person A is to believe in both‚ this means they believe that Aristotle’s uncaused cause idea‚ which is that a person causes an action‚ but there are no causes that make a person cause that action. The only explanation for this theory is that there is an immaterial soul acting outside the laws of physics‚ which is uncaused‚ that is interacting with the body within the laws of physics‚ which is caused. This would mean that the soul is the uncaused aspect and the body is the caused
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The Islamic Golden Age in Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three religions that believed in one God; Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. During the Golden Age; libraries‚ colleges‚ public baths were established and literature‚ poetry‚ and architecture flourished. Muslims and non-Muslims made general influences to this flowering of culture. The Golden Age is described as religious and ethnic tolerance and mixed agreement between Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. Although Christians and Jews
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In Aristotle’s book‚ The Nicomachean Ethics he discusses a variety of subjects that are mostly based upon finding your virtuous and moral character. One of the virtues that really stood out to me was his examination of friendship. Although Aristotle seems to be more interested in distinguishing the various forms that friendships have ‚ his main theme in Books VIII and IX is to show the compatibility of the relationships between virtuous activities and friendship. He breaks down the different types
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