Aristotle believes in that idea of eudemonia through the function argument‚ the golden mean‚ and contemplation is the backbone of a good life. He also believes that in order to be content humans should have and know their final end or goal in life. Through this paper‚ I will explain what Aristotle thinks about approaching a good life and mixing into his argument‚ of what I personally think. I will do this when a number of examples to give a visual aid of coming from my viewpoint of how I believe
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Plato‚ the father of philosophy‚ was a rationalist. He was the first systematic metaphysician and epistemologist. He believed that we had innate knowledge; a priori. So to him learning was only a matter of remembering. Plato believed that the “ideal” world existed beyond our own physical earth because according to him realty could not be changing or imperfect. From his point of view what we see are only the particulars‚ the mimics of the real thing‚ therefore‚ we have to pull back from the world
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Physics Book II‚ by Aristotle. In the reading he talks about causality and mentions his theories of the four causes. Those four causes are the material cause‚ formal cause‚ efficient cause‚ and final cause. In this paper I am going to define the four causes and give a few examples to try and make easier to understand by giving simplified definitions and examples. After I have gone over all of the four causes‚ I will give my criticism over his theory . The first cause that Aristotle talks about is probably
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What is the aim of the human life? Are all the means good for attaining this goal? Aristotle considers these questions in his book of Nicomachean Ethics. He tries not to find out the “why” of the existence of the humanity on the Earth‚ but the ultimate goal a human being is supposed to strive to‚ in order to give sense to his life. He believes‚ this ultimate goal is Eudaimonia. This word can be translated as “happiness”‚ but also fulfillment‚ flourishing or living well. To prove that happiness
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someone? As a human being‚ I find myself surrounded with other human beings whom I call friends. Aristotle recognized and understood the meaning of friendship in his books VIII and IX in The Nichomachean Ethics. In this paper‚ I will layout what Aristotle had to say about friendship and put emphasis on the importance of friendship for me which requires commitment‚ trust‚ loyalty and love. Aristotle had said‚ “…distance does not break off friendship absolutely‚ but only the activity of it. But
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from it. During the course of the play‚ Oedipus greatly exemplifies a tragic hero because of the profound suffering he endured in result of the condemning prophecy that followed him throughout his life. In the fourth century B.C‚ Greek philosopher Aristotle put forth a definition of a tragedy (Kennedy and Gioia 855-887 ). Many of the darkening aspects of this play fulfills the characteristics of a
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The definition of virtue is the “quality of being morally good or behavior showing high moral standards” and‚ a person is either virtuous or not virtuous based upon how they perceive and react to the situations that life gives us. Aristotle talks a lot about this in Book II Nicomachean Ethics and he illuminates on the fact that the natural development of virtues is the key to achieving the goal of life‚ which is happiness. His view on ethics is also more practical meaning that it should be the acting
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clothes. I attend LaGuardia Community College and I’m currently enrolled in an intro to Philosophy class and I have to say it has changed my perspective on life. In the class I’m currently learning about great philosophers such as Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle. I now understand the importance of the Good life opposed to the “Good’s Life”. The good life is basically going through life questioning things and self-examining yourself the goods life is basically a materialistic life which most people want to
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for itself and never for the sake of something else‚ but honor‚ pleasure‚ reason‚ and every virtue we choose indeed for themselves‚ but we choose them also for the sake of happiness‚ judging that by means for them we shall be happy.”(p. 54). For Aristotle‚ happiness is our highest goal.
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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