Perhaps the greatest strand of continuity between Aristotle and Galen (and between the ancient Greco-Roman tradition and the early Christian tradition) is their one-sex model/discourse surrounding gender; both of these thinkers believe that the female is an inverted and imperfect version of the male. In other words‚ the female is a deficient male and/or a male gone wrong. This is largely evident in Galen’s writing as he states “all the parts that men have have women have too..in women the parts are
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What factors‚ for Plato and Aristotle‚ were critical in the construction of a state? Before one examines the construction of the State in the eyes of two famous classical thinkers‚ one must first understand what a State is. A State can be defined as a group of people settled in a specific geographical location where‚ through interdependency and order‚ a livelihood can be achieved. Plato and Aristotle‚ both great philosophers‚ contributed to the world of politics today‚ their views and ideas on what
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our country for 150 years. In fact‚ they came to India as ordinary traders but became its rulers. Our internal disunity offered them good scope to establish their foothold on our sacred soil. On 15th August 1947‚ Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru‚ the first Prime Minister of j India unfurled the National Flag for the first time on the ramparts of Red Fort. Since then this day is being celebrated as our Independence Day throughout the country. It is celebrated as a National Festival. It has been declared a National
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Heather Muse April 26‚ 2013 Aristotle Essay Is Happiness Achievable? Aristotle states there are several goods in the world but most of these are not ultimate ends; instead they are means to something else. However‚ he declares happiness is the ultimate good because everything we do‚ we do in hopes of being happy and we don’t use happiness as a means to achieve another thing. He also states there are rules to be followed and maintained in order to accurately judge someone or something as being
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“Money is the prime motivator at work”. Discuss this statement with reference to the theories of motivation. Motivation is the process which accounts for a person’s intensity and persistence of effort toward achieving their goal (Robbins‚ 2005). There are many rewards which can motivate individuals at work. Intrinsic rewards are psychological rewards‚ such as sense of achievement and recognition for one’s efforts‚ and extrinsic rewards are tangible benefits such as pensions and pay (Rollinson‚ 2005)
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that the formal qualities in literature are a key aspect in contributing to the reader’s overall experience. E. M Forster has suggested that the generic structure of a novel should entail a beginning‚ middle and an end.2 In Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’‚ the author has challenged this traditional format through illustrating events in an anachronical form and through the inclusion of a universal omniscient narrator‚ which has resulted in a build up of suspense‚ reinforced the novels
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The prime of miss Jean Brodie is a novella written by Muriel Spark 1961. This novela utilises an unsual structure‚ Muriel uses flashbacks and flashforwards to ehance the reader’s appreciation for the novela in a more style. Not only that but the use of flashforwards is an interesting device as it allows the reader to understand the consequences of the character’s actions. The story is based around a woman‚ Miss Jean Brodie who works at the Marcia Blaine School for
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Is Miss Jean Brodie a good teacher? Why or why not? Miss Brodie fails to be a good teacher because she teaches on her own accord‚ gives her students wrong impressions‚ and displays unprofessional behavior towards her staff and pupils. As a schoolteacher in Edinburgh during the 1930’s there were many rules and regulations that teachers had to adhere to in order to successfully feed the minds of their young pupils. Schoolteachers had more of a responsibility during
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consequently unreliable. But we also have an immortal soul– and this soul is the realm of reason and not being physical‚ this soul can survey the world of ideas...Plato also believed the soul existed before it inhabited the body” (Gaarder 88). Aristotle- “What Aristotle called the ‘form’ chicken is present in every single chicken as the chicken’s particular set characteristics– for one‚ that it lays eggs. The real chicken and the form chicken are thus just as inseparable as body and soul” (Gaarder 107)
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Philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle The philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle had different points of-view but they were also similar in some ways. For example‚ all three philosophers had their own thoughts on the subject of justice and government. Socrates belief on this matter was that democracy was an unwise form of government. He thought that the electing of the people was unfair justice. Plato had some of the same beliefs. He believed that government should only have
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