someone? As a human being‚ I find myself surrounded with other human beings whom I call friends. Aristotle recognized and understood the meaning of friendship in his books VIII and IX in The Nichomachean Ethics. In this paper‚ I will layout what Aristotle had to say about friendship and put emphasis on the importance of friendship for me which requires commitment‚ trust‚ loyalty and love. Aristotle had said‚ “…distance does not break off friendship absolutely‚ but only the activity of it. But
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from it. During the course of the play‚ Oedipus greatly exemplifies a tragic hero because of the profound suffering he endured in result of the condemning prophecy that followed him throughout his life. In the fourth century B.C‚ Greek philosopher Aristotle put forth a definition of a tragedy (Kennedy and Gioia 855-887 ). Many of the darkening aspects of this play fulfills the characteristics of a
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The definition of virtue is the “quality of being morally good or behavior showing high moral standards” and‚ a person is either virtuous or not virtuous based upon how they perceive and react to the situations that life gives us. Aristotle talks a lot about this in Book II Nicomachean Ethics and he illuminates on the fact that the natural development of virtues is the key to achieving the goal of life‚ which is happiness. His view on ethics is also more practical meaning that it should be the acting
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clothes. I attend LaGuardia Community College and I’m currently enrolled in an intro to Philosophy class and I have to say it has changed my perspective on life. In the class I’m currently learning about great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle. I now understand the importance of the Good life opposed to the “Good’s Life”. The good life is basically going through life questioning things and self-examining yourself the goods life is basically a materialistic life which most people want to
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for itself and never for the sake of something else‚ but honor‚ pleasure‚ reason‚ and every virtue we choose indeed for themselves‚ but we choose them also for the sake of happiness‚ judging that by means for them we shall be happy.”(p. 54). For Aristotle‚ happiness is our highest goal.
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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customers. However are the business decisions “right” or “ethical”? With relevance to business‚ Aristotle suggests three main arguments and ideas in the Nicomachean Ethics. First‚ appropriate virtues of character are the important principle in ethics that allows a person to be truly ethical and only through practicing and honing into these virtues does one exhibit sound moral judgement. Secondly‚ Aristotle places great emphasis on how positive and active communities are essential to nurture appropriate
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People are naturally self aware‚ and because of that we are under the impression we are in complete control over our personalities and actions. Aristotle reasons in “The Nicomachean Ethics” that peoples values and ethics are shaped by the society in which they live in‚ and that are ability to follow them is based on how we are raised. According to Aristotle we are trained in the behaviors that are socially acceptable to our society from birth. When one conforms to what society deems normal they will
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greatest of them all (469-399 B.C.E.) 2. Followed the Sophists’ lead in turning away from the study of the cosmos and concentrating on the case of the human. Unlike the way the Sophists discoursed about the human being‚ he wanted to base all argumentation on objectively valid definitions. 3. Socrates’ discourse moved in two directions A. Outward - to objective definitions B. Inward - to discover the inner person‚ the soul‚ the source of all truth to Socrates. 4. He was hardly ever able to
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PREVIEW: PHIL C100 Quiz 1 — P A G E 1 — 1. The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek philein (to love) and sophia (knowledge or wisdom). X | True | | False | 2. Which of the following is a "philosophical question": | Is there a God? | | Does the end justify the means? | | What form of government is best? | | What is Time? | X | All of the above. | 3. An argument is a reason for accepting a position. X | True | | False | 4. The area of philosophy
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