Art is life‚ it is beauty‚ it is emotion‚ it is you‚ it is me‚ it is everything. Art defines all that we are‚ and all that we could become. Art is of the past and of the future‚ of the influences of our daily lives‚ of our pasts combined with who we are today. Art is an indescribable joy‚ an expansion of the mind‚ body and soul. We are art‚ every last individual of the human race. Art comes in the form of music‚ dance‚ theater‚ painting‚ drawing‚ blowing‚ throwing‚ and even in the math equations
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The good life is a condition in which a person will be the most happy. Both Plato and Aristotle see the good life as the state in which a person exhibits total virtue. Plato reasons that a person will exhibit total virtue when his desires have been extinguished‚ while Aristotle believes the perfect state will bring forth the virtue in men. Plato argues that the good life springs from love because through love‚ men can rid themselves of desires. That is not to say that every loving relationship creates
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The Path of Permanent Paradise There is one question that has been debated by many: what is the good life? In fact‚ what is good? Good is often associated with objects or events that bring about positive emotions. Since these emotions are invoked by different things for different people‚ the good life is different for each and every single person. Some believe in material objects that bring about temporary happiness. Perhaps moderation is key‚ bettering the body and mind better through strict
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Aristotle and the Good Life Dr. Ari Santas I. Three Paths of Excellence The good life—eudaemonia—for Aristotle‚ was a function of our fulfilling our distinctively human function‚ and fulfilling it with excellence (doing it well). The concept of excellence‚ arete‚ is what we today call virtue. In pursuit of excellence‚ Aristotle identified three kinds of human virtue‚ or‚ paths of excellence: personal excellence‚ intellectual excellence‚ and interpersonal excellence. A. Moral Virtue
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Still Life – Theory Task Jan Davidsz De Heem Jan Davidsz De Heem Was Dutch still-life painter. He was born at Utrecht and his rare early pictures are in the style of Balthasar van der Ast‚ who taught him there. Later he worked in Leiden and showed that he had studied the restrained and simple works of the Haarlem still-life artists Claesz. and Heda. In 1636 he moved to Antwerp‚ became a citizen of that city in 1637‚ and spent most of his very productive life there. The paintings he did in Flanders
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relationship. Aristotle believes that morality is what leads to happiness‚ despite an objection from Immanuel Kant. Happiness and morality have a relationship because one must lead to the other. According to Aristotle in his book Nicomachean Ethics‚ chapters one through nine define happiness as the virtuous action of the soul. On the contrary‚ in chapter ten‚ happiness is described as contemplation. Happiness is connected with morality because it is a result of living a life that abides
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The Notion Of Duality Of The Human Soul In William Blake’s Songs Of Innocence And Experience Tembong Denis Fonge Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience generally subscribe to the main stream appreciation that they present the reader with two states of the human condition - the pastoral‚ pure and natural world of lambs and blossoms on the one hand‚ and the world of experience characterized by exploitation‚ cruelty‚ conflict and hypocritical humility on the other hand. However‚ Blake’s
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into a realization that I really have to look at the text closer and consider the comments. I found out that‚ it‚ being too comedic‚ is like going away with its actual essence‚ which is to promote “pity & fear” towards Serapio‚ the protagonist. Aristotle described comedy as something that “consists in some defect or ugliness which is not painful or destructive” – a description that totally counters what the play really wants to depict. My team and I focused more on letting the audience be entertained
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Living Well Vs. Living Large: The Accounts of Aristotle and Arendt In today’s day and age‚ the concepts of living well and living large are commonly discussed in a capitalist society where economic prosperity seems to be at the forefront of people’s everyday lives. However‚ economics dates back to the Ancient Greek Empire where it carried a significantly different meaning and purpose. In Politics‚ Aristotle examines life in the ancient Greek system‚ and its divergence into two sectors: the public
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Introduction In the book‚ If Aristotle Ran General Motors‚ Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today’s corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth‚ beauty‚ goodness‚ and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment‚ but ultimately to an open‚ nurturing‚ and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose of this essay is to examine
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