A Platonist Assessment of the Epicurean’s view of the Good Life Epicurus developed a philosophy with human happiness as its goal. In his view‚ all humans desire to be happy. Sadly‚ humans are not very proficient at determining what will make them genuinely happy. Epicurus thought that all one really needs to be happy is to live a self-sufficient life without pain‚ surrounded by loving friends while not fearing God and/or death‚ in a peaceful society. Plato‚ on the other hand‚ believed that a person’s
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Ramirez ELI 109 7 March 2013 A Good Student What would you do to be successful in life? To become successful in life you have to be good student. I tried to be a good student because in my fourth year of high school I tried my best not to fail any classes and in my third year of high school as a junior I made it to the honor roll. A good student is someone who is honest‚ a hard worker‚ studious‚ helpful to others‚ self- confident‚ and a leader. In my opinion a good student must be organized‚
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Robert Waldihger’s "What makes a good life?" TED talk discusses the everyday question people ask‚ what brings happiness to life? Waldinger begins by mentioning a Harvard study that has been in progress for over 75 years. They study the lives of different groups of men and try to find the "key" to their happiness. They document every single detail from their medical records to what a simple 24hour day consists of for them. He wanted his audience to question themselves and to give them an "answer"
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Plato and Aristotle had different ideas of politics and political justice. In The Republic‚ Plato creates the ideal city‚ which is needed to guarantee justice. He aims to create a peaceful united city that will lead to the greater good of the community and individuals. Unlike Plato who imagines the ideal city‚ Aristotle looks at actual cities in The Politics. He doesn ’t want to create the ideal city; he aims to improve the existing city. While their ideas about politics and justice were different
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March 6‚ 2013 Farm Animals: Do They Deserve a Good Life? When was the last time that you ate meat? Was it this morning when you had some bacon with your eggs? Or was it last night when you had that nice juicy steak? Whether it was today or yesterday‚ many people can agree that eating meat is just a way of life. Almost every meal comes with a good helping of some yummy poultry or beef. However‚ as many of us know‚ the ways that chickens and cattle are treated before being slaughtered are very unethical
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Aristotle Name: Aristotle Occupation: Philosopher Birth date: c. 384 BCE Death date: c. 322 BCE Education: Plato’s Academy‚ Lyceum Place of birth: Stagira‚ Chalcidice‚ Greece Place of death: Chalcis‚ Euboea‚ Greece Synopsis Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle was born circa 384 B.C. in Stagira‚ Greece. When he turned 17‚ he enrolled in Plato’s Academy. In 338‚ he began tutoring Alexander the Great. In 335‚ Aristotle founded his own school‚ the Lyceum‚ in Athens‚ where
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like in some positions in sports‚ but then again everyone knows when either signing up for a players position or a teachers position‚ what the given salary is. His strongest argument in this article was when he stated‚ “When we decide that certain goods may be bought and sold‚ we decide‚ at least implicitly‚ that it is appropriate to treat them as commodities‚ as instruments of profit and use.” (Sandel‚ 2012‚ 29) That was a powerful statement because it really shows how our society rates things as
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Aristotle and Utilitarians seem to voice different opinions when it comes to pleasure. Aristotle discusses pleasures to be a negative and is something not to indulge on frequently or often. He further explains how valuable it is that humans use the power of reason and critical thought to guide themselves throughout life towards happiness. Utilitarianism or The Greatest Happiness Principle speaks upon pleasure being the absence of pain. “It is better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied…”
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Anna Graciella I. September 5‚ 2012 BSPT 1 B-2 PHILO-19 Sir. Dino Cabrera Summary of Chapter 2 “THE GREEK PHILOSOPHY: SOCRATES‚ PLATO AND ARISTOTLE” There are many different philosophers who appear during the fifth century one of this were the Sophist came from the greek word sophisma and sphizo meaning “I am wise”‚ their philosophy influenced Greece that led to democracy. The Sophist moves
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of natural law. Like Aristotle‚ he believes that everything has a purpose‚ which is determined and fulfilled by natural law. However‚ he makes a very clear contradiction to Aristotle’s beliefs when it comes to the issue of what the purpose of justice is. Aristotle believes that justice is the presence of all virtue‚ while Thomas believes that Justice is one thing on its own‚ he believes that it is specifically the virtue of a good citizen. This idea is one that Aristotle could not have understood
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