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    ‘Aristotle’s theories of the 4 causes is convincing’ Evaluating Aristotle’s 4 causes shows that there are strengths and weaknesses of this theory from Plato and Aristotle. Both views include strengths and weaknesses‚ with Aristotle’s theory. Plato’s cave analogy makes sense as it bears with reality to a certain extent but although this is true the cave allegory is just to simplistic for the four causes to be justified therefore contradicts the argument for the four causes. Plato also argues that

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    given many definitions over the years‚ Aristotle says that it is the science of being as being‚ or the study of everything that can be. Another definition given to metaphysics is the science of the most universal conceptions. My personal favorite would be metaphysics is the science of the most abstract conceptions. This‚ to me‚ is saying that metaphysics is the study of ideas real physics does not solve‚ things that cannot be measured by a gauge. Aristotle also said "The first science deals with

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    and non-space. In the fourth chapter of fourth book‚ Aristotle begins by determining the conditions and characteristics that define space. According to Aristotle‚ there are 5 main conditions (CITATION). Firstly‚ a place must contain and belong to an object(CITATION). The place must also be distinct from its object‚ but places are also same size as their objects despite being able to have multiple objects (CITATION). Lastly‚

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    ” How many people are realizing the true meaning of happiness despite their effort to be happy? There are two different definitions of happiness defined by secular scholars and Christian scholars. After going over the definition of happiness by Aristotle and Plato as secular scholars‚ this article will discuss the definition of happiness by St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas as Christian scholars. In the book “Plato Gorgias‚” the author defines happiness as a product of virtue with saying that‚ “Happiness

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    consequential ethics. Virtue ethics‚ associating ethics with personal habits‚ is associated with Aristotle. Duty ethics is associated with religious beliefs‚ although Kant tried to create a system of duties independent of belief in God. Consequential ethics is associated with the quest for rationalism during the Enlightenment‚ and especially with the Utilitarians. Virtue Ethics Plato and especially later Aristotle described moral behavior as “what the moral or virtuous person does.” The virtuous person

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    Plato and Aristotle are two Greek philosophers that were concerned about the nature of soul and its relationship to the body. Their theories about soul and body have some points of similarity and some points of contrast.This essay discuss the fundamentally different views of Plato and Aristotle on the nature of soul. Both Plato and Aristotle viewed the soul and body as two things. Whereas Plato saw the body to be material and the soul to be spiritual‚ Aristotle saw body and soul as equally important

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    Command are usually dismissed by Virtue Ethics. This ethical theory also contrasts with consequentialism e.g. Utilitarianism which is more focused on results and outcomes. Virtue ethics was first introduces by Plato and was further developed by Aristotle. Virtue ethics is based on the focus of characteristics‚ also known as virtues. This means the good character traits an individual has- and the opposite of a virtue (a vice) which are the negatives traits of an individual. Virtue ethics can be seen

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    I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of

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    Aristotle outlined four causes that established the end purpose of an object or action. They are as follows: the material cause‚ the efficient cause‚ the formal cause and the final cause. Aristotle believed that the final cause was different from the other three causes and was the most important of the four. Objects‚ whether they are animate or inanimate tend to have all four of the causes although it is not necessary to have all four. Actions only tend to have a couple of causes: The efficient

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    good are virtue‚ happiness‚ and justice is argued in “Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics”. Aristotle believes that virtue is key in finding what the good is. According to Aristotle virtue is an element that is needed in understanding what the good is. In this essay I will argue how within “Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics” the topic of virtue is key to finding the overall good. The idea of finding the true definition of what the good is is what Aristotle is questioning. The first answer that one can see is

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