Lauren LaRue Philosophy 14 March 2012 Minor Essay No. 2 TOPIC A Think about one or more of your friendships in light of what Aristotle writes about friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Write an essay that reflects on both -- your friendship(s) in terms of Aristotle’s ideas and/or Aristotle’s ideas in terms of your friendship(s). You may refer to relevant sections of the Ethics by line number as needed‚ but the main idea here is to reflect on your real life experience of friendship and
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Aristotle Anti-Death Penalty The death penalty is one of the controversial topics that plague American society today. The moral and ethical battles are ones that have been in existence as long as capital punishment has. Different methods of the death penalty have gone through many phases of development throughout the ages. Since its establishment there has been death by hanging‚ death by decapitation‚ death by electric chair‚ and the most commonly used method‚ death by lethal injection. This
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city state that is to be well managed to share everything possible • All is ambiguous. One cannot say mine and not mine. If it means individually‚ perhaps more of what Socrates wants will come about‚ since each will then call the same woman his wife‚ the same
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then work to create for themselves a safe haven. Hope‚ for them‚ is found amongst friends rather than amidst family. Though hard to envision a now popular celebrity surrounded by rags instead of riches‚ one such a person goes by the name of Julie Andrews. Julie Andrews‚ originally Julia Wells‚ was an esteemed woman of strong character. Over time‚ she has demonstrated the importance of enduring through a rough heritage‚ has proven that perseverance is key to success‚ and has created
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The Euthyphro is a much studied text of Plato’s‚ which unfortunately has left many people with some very serious questions. Primarily‚ why does the Euthyphro end in failure? Socrates was the wisest man alive‚ and for some reason his quest for understanding falls short. Yet somehow‚ I doubt that this has anything to do with a fault in the argument‚ but rather‚ the reason for the failure lies with Socrates main line of questioning. The problem is introduced with the idea of an “essence.” As Euthyphro
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Philosophy of the Human Nature In Aristotle’s Nicomacheon Ethics Book he uses his function argument as grounds for his claim that the human function is the activity of the soul in accordance with excellence or virtue. I lay out the arguments that make up Aristotle’s conclusion in order to pinpoint exactly which of Aristotle’s statement I believe is false. (1) Aristotle first asserts that happiness is an ultimate good that is both complete and self-sufficient. (2) The ultimate good for a thing
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Todays lecture will focus on the teachings of the highly esteemed Aristotle. Specifically we will be exploring two major questions that are highly important when comparing the great Aristotle to the heretic Galileo. The major questions that we will delve into today are: Does the Earth move? as well as‚ Is the universe bounded‚ as Aristotle maintained‚ or is it infinite? Aristotle firmly believes that the Earth is immovable‚ he backs his claim with both science and the word of our Lord. As the lowly
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Ibsen’s Ghosts‚ although a relatively modern drama‚ maintains many classical elements of tragedy as defined by Aristotle and championed by the ancient Greek playwrights and poets. One element of displayed prominently in this case is character. Aristotle believed that there were four main elements to a good tragic hero: 1) the character must be good‚ 2) decorum‚ 3) the character must be true to life‚ and 4) constancy within the characters demeanor and actions. The tragic hero in Ibsen’s Ghosts
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western world. It is with Aristotle’s views on Virtue that this paper is primarily concerned‚ more specifically with his idea that to have virtue is to display attitudes and actions to a moderate and intermediate degree. Stan Van Hooft (2008) notes that‚ although Aristotle’s thoughts on this matter are logically sound for the most part‚ that his assertion that Virtue is the Mean was not his final‚ conclusive stance on the issue‚ and that this theory “is only a part of a bigger picture of virtue that
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