Aristotle One of the greatest thinkers of all time was Aristotle-322 BC‚ the Ancient Greek philosopher. He has practically influenced every area of present day thinking. His main focal points were the natural and social sciences. In Stagira‚ a town on the northwest coast of the Aegean Sea‚ in the year of 384 BC Aristotle was introduced to the world. He grew up a wealthy boy. His father was friends with the noble king of Macedonia‚ and as a young man he spent the majority of his time at the
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Classical Political Thought 12/15/10 Examining Plato and Aristotle’s Political Regimes Structures Plato and Aristotle both understood the importance of wisdom and virtue in founding a good regime. In their writings‚ they suggest the effect they felt a ruler had on a regime and vice versa. Where Plato saw a linear slope of five increasingly misguided and degenerating regimes‚ Aristotle saw six regimes: three true and three corrupt. Each regime has a ruling political good. This will be more apparent
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of the Senses • • Aristotle rejects Plato’s notion that the Forms exist separately from the world; he envisions Forms existing in the world of the senses. This shift enables Aristotle to think in terms of empirical research. Aristotle the Scientist • The importance of logic and observation for Aristotle; his intellectual interests in ethics‚ metaphysics‚ politics‚ drama‚ rhetoric‚ and so forth. Aristotle and Virtue Virtue and
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Throughout his life‚ Aristotle paid particularly close attention to the notion of happiness. In Aristotle’s opinion‚ happiness is achieved by obtaining the highest good by living a good life. However‚ living a good life in accordance with Aristotle’s views can be difficult. He believes that in order to live a good life‚ one must constantly seek to fulfill the bodily needs. To do so‚ one must live with moral and intellectual virtues at all times. Aristotle believed that living with moral and intellectual
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Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης‚ Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together withPlato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first
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Aristotle vs. Copernicus Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist‚ who shared with Plato the distinction of being the most famous of ancient philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato died in 347 bc ‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ a city in Asia Minor‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermias (d
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Aristotle/Plato Essay What is the purpose of an examined life? The examined life is a life that is thought through logically and has a clear and distinct view on the world and everything that makes up the world. An examined life also has a logical purpose and goal to strive for and achieve. Not only is this life preferable but also it is necessary‚ which is shown through Plato’s writings in the Five Dialogues‚ that “the unexamined life is not worth living for men” (41‚ Five Dialogues). Without
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Aristotle (384 BC March 7‚ 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and a student of Plato‚ considered first scientist in Western world. He was a philosopher of common sense. He tried to define essences and his aim is to explicate the world as well as cosmos surrounding us. According to Introduction of Metaphysics‚ Aristotle’s world-view is teleological that there is kind of purpose in cosmos: " What is important is that the world seems to have a purpose‚ a meaning and even a design. It
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Aristotle’s Concept of Imitation Aristotle took the term ‘Imitation’ from Plato‚ yet Aristotle gave new dimensions and significance to the term. Aristotle’s imitation is not mere copying but a creative imitation or re-creation. It is the imitation of the ideals. Aristotle describes the medium‚ objects and manner of poetic imitation. Plato’s Idea of Imitation Plato divides arts into useful arts like medicine and agriculture and imitative arts like poetry. To Plato ‘idea’ was the truth
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of how man should act and reason. They have a similar view of the end: greatness‚ but the means which the two philosophers describe are distinctly different. Machiavelli writes about man as mainly concerned with power and self-assertion‚ while Aristotle desires a society of individuals‚ of honorable men. An excess of the power seeking Machiavellians and an undeniable scarcity of genuine individuals have created a contemporary society so out of touch with its own humanity that it desperately needs
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