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    Median Aristotle

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    Aristotle defines virtue in terms of a mean or median. On one end is the excess and on the other the deficiency with the median found somewhere between the two. A sizeable portion of the book is dedicated to discussing these virtues and their excess and deficiency as well as the sphere the virtue falls under. While a majority of the virtues have vices on either side and are found through trial and error somewhere between them‚ the virtue of temperance does not have this quality and is therefore more

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    Aristotles Contribution

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    Contribution of Aristotle in motion Aristotle’s ideas were believed to be true from 500 BC to 1600 CE. That’s about 1‚100 years of false knowledge. What Aristotle taught‚ appeared to be correct because it seemed obvious‚ but not all things are obvious.  Aristotle’s view on motion seems to make sense. Unfortunately‚ it isn’t correct. But because his theories appeared to make sense‚ they became popular and well accepted for a very long time. The key ideas that Aristotle tried to teach were:  All

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    Aristotle - Biography

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    Raphael portrays two of Greece ’s great philosophers as the focal point of his masterpiece The School of Athens. Aristotle has his hand pointing straight out as if he is declaring to Plato that truth is found right here around us. Aristotle was an excellent teacher who is considered to be the prince of philosophy and one of the world ’s most influential thinkers of all time. Aristotle was born in 384 B.C at Stragyra in Thrace‚ on the north coast of the Aegean Sea. This was fifteen years after

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    Aristotle and Metaphysics

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    serve to discover the generalities of human thought. Without Aristotle‚ the concept of metaphysics would cease to exist. Taking this into consideration‚ it is evident that Aristotle plays a major part in the study of metaphysics and how we know it today. Therefore‚ he formulated the basic entities of metaphysics and constructed its foundation through his own philosophies. Also‚ after reviewing material presented by Socrates and Plato‚ Aristotle is able to develop an understanding of causes and substance

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    Aristotle on Friendship

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    Aristotle on Friendship Friendship is a bond in which many individuals make every effort to achieve‚ although the meaning of it is not known to them. Individuals surround themselves with other humans‚ their friends‚ in order to achieve a greater happiness. It has become part of human nature. Friendship has become such a part of human nature that it can be seen in examples such as a human’s hierarchy of needs created by Maslow1. Constantly individuals strive to broaden their

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    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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    Plato and Aristotle

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    Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were two philosophers who made an impact on philosophy as we know it as today. Plato is thought of as the first political philosopher and Aristotle as the first metaphysical philosopher. They were both great intellectuals in regards to being the first of the great western philosophers. Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to better life by improving the societies in which they were part of during their lives. The views of Plato and Aristotle look different

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    Plato and Aristotle

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    Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato Plato and Aristotle both have been very influential as the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristotle was a student of Plato and there are many similarities between these intellectual giants of the ancient world but there are also many things that distinguish them from each other. Aristotle was far more empirical-minded than Plato. First‚ Plato’s philosophy relegated the material‚ physical world to a sort of metaphysical second class. His contention was that the

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    Aristotle on the Soul

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    Aristotle on the Soul Aristotle’s notion differs from the usual conception of a soul as some sort of substance occupying the body‚ existing separately and eternally. To him‚ the soul is the essence of a living thing. The soul is what makes an organism an organism at all by actualizing its potential for life‚ and it’s constituted by its capacity for activities essential to that specific type of being. His investigation into the nature of the soul demonstrates basic principles of his philosophical

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    Aristotle and Virtue

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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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