NIGERIA NSUKKA TOPIC THE CATEGORIES OF ARISTOTLE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS 1 NAME MABKWE NICHOLAS CHUKWUNWEIKE REG. NO 09/UN/SI/A/0826 LECTURER REV. FR. DR. B. ABANUKA C.S.Sp. DATE JANUARY 2011 INTRODUCTION Aristotle (384-322BC) is one of the most influential philosophers of the western tradition and had many philosophical works credited to him. In his treatise on logic collectively known as “Organon”‚ Aristotle gave two preliminary treatises; “The Categories
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Aristotle believes that we need virtue‚ both of thought and of character‚ to achieve that completeness leading to happiness. This is the function: activity in the soul in accord with virtue‚ where soul is defined as what is in us that carries out our characteristic activity. Aristotle is right in believing we need virtue. The end of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Book I introduces the idea that since happiness is “a certain sort of activity of the soul in accord with complete virtue‚ we
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_NAME___ HUM 360 B1 Wilmington University Aristotle was one of the most important western philosophers. He was a student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. I found that his biggest impacts on modern society were in the subject areas of ethics‚ and zoology. Aristotle wrote the first book ever written about ethics titles
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Year‚ Class 1A Contrast the views that both Aristotle and Epicurus hold on pleasure Epicurus tried to find the key of obtaining pleasure‚ so did Aristotle. Although they both have different theories about pleasure‚ they both agreed on the idea that actions aim to obtain pleasures. Pleasure is something that can be defined differently by each individual. Every person have a different idea on how we reach our desires. For Aristotle‚ our pleasures come through fulfilling human
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relationship of tutor and pupil between the famous philosopher Aristotle and a teenage boy who would become Alexander the Great. Aristotle tells this story in first person‚ and the reader is able to see the discussions between both Aristotle and Alexander. We are also able to see the flashbacks and memories of Aristotle. The reader gets an inside look on the early life of which we know today as Alexander the Great. In the beginning of the story‚ Aristotle has finished a 20-year shift at Plato’s academy. He
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individual’s habits and behaviors will assist in tell what kind of Ethics and morals this individuals has. By understand what your habits and behaviors are‚ will allow you to reach ‘the good life’‚ these habits and behaviors are virtue ethical as Aristotle states (Nash‚ 1999). This type of ethical theory will allow individuals to show more personality and reveal more of the person’s qualities. Aristotle’s ethics emphasizes the value of reason and virtue for good moral character‚ as I have to agree
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In Politics‚ Aristotle sets out an argument to suggest that in order for humans to flourish and achieve Eudaimonia we must actualise our unique and distinctively human faculties‚ particularly our intellectual and moral faculties. Aristotle argues not only that it is impossible to achieve this outside the construct of a Polis but also that‚ given man’s nature as a political animal‚ even if it were possible this would not instinctively be the preferred path of humans. Many translators often interpret
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Education in Ancient Greece-Aristotle or Plato Jeopardy Edition Questions Answers This philosopher believed that knowledge is innate. Who is Plato? This philosopher said‚ “Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain” Who is Aristotle? This philosopher wrote The Republic‚ which proposed both a warrior guardian and a philosopher-king education. Who is Plato? This philosopher believed that knowledge is based on perception. Who is Aristotle? This philosopher believed that the
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father as they were both named Nicomachus. Aristotle believed that happiness is what makes a person pure. To make this one virtue true‚ Aristotle believed that there were four moral virtues that worked together; the virtue of great soul‚ justice‚ practical judgment and being a truly good friend. From Aristotle’s notes‚ are ten books written from his lectures. Aristotle was believed to have his thoughts on ethics based on Plato and Socrates. In book one Aristotle starts to discuss against what Plato
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Aristotle Aristotle claimed that he did not understand Plato’s concept of "participation." (When a philosopher claims "not to understand" something‚ it means that he is pushing for a better account of it‚ that he is not at all satisfied so far. Aristotle probably understood Plato as well as anybody ever has.) Aristotle’s objection was‚ essentially‚ that Plato had failed to explain the relationship between the Forms and particular things‚ and that the word "participation" was no more than "a
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