Narrator: Recently‚ the news content became the tragedy happened in a field trip for students in Madlum River‚ San Miguel Bulacan. Included in the casualty was a 16 yr. old named Michelle Ann Rose Bonzo. In the midst of sorrow and grief‚ the facebook fan page of MMK was filled with requests to make a love story for Michelle and Hiro Mallari Shiki. Hiro: Hi Pauline‚ will you be my valentine? Pauline: Huh? Is it your entire plan? Hiro: It is already 3 years that I’ve been courting you. I hope
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The Iliad is Aristotle’s Tragedy; an “Imitation of Action” Humans tend to take comfort in the idea that their lives are not the most unfortunate‚ this makes tragedy a popular theme for many well written pieces. Although The Iliad is not considered a tragedy‚ according to Joe Sachs it still follows Aristotle’s definition of one in “The Poetics”. Which is‚ tragedy is the use of “imitation of action” to arouse pity and fear‚ leading to catharsis from the audience in a piece of literature. There are
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Raphael portrays two of Greece ’s great philosophers as the focal point of his masterpiece The School of Athens. Aristotle has his hand pointing straight out as if he is declaring to Plato that truth is found right here around us. Aristotle was an excellent teacher who is considered to be the prince of philosophy and one of the world ’s most influential thinkers of all time. Aristotle was born in 384 B.C at Stragyra in Thrace‚ on the north coast of the Aegean Sea. This was fifteen years after
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Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were two philosophers who made an impact on philosophy as we know it as today. Plato is thought of as the first political philosopher and Aristotle as the first metaphysical philosopher. They were both great intellectuals in regards to being the first of the great western philosophers. Plato and Aristotle each had ideas in how to better life by improving the societies in which they were part of during their lives. The views of Plato and Aristotle look different
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Year‚ Class 1A Contrast the views that both Aristotle and Epicurus hold on pleasure Epicurus tried to find the key of obtaining pleasure‚ so did Aristotle. Although they both have different theories about pleasure‚ they both agreed on the idea that actions aim to obtain pleasures. Pleasure is something that can be defined differently by each individual. Every person have a different idea on how we reach our desires. For Aristotle‚ our pleasures come through fulfilling human
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Aristotle believes that we need virtue‚ both of thought and of character‚ to achieve that completeness leading to happiness. This is the function: activity in the soul in accord with virtue‚ where soul is defined as what is in us that carries out our characteristic activity. Aristotle is right in believing we need virtue. The end of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Book I introduces the idea that since happiness is “a certain sort of activity of the soul in accord with complete virtue‚ we
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Aristotle on Friendship Friendship is a bond in which many individuals make every effort to achieve‚ although the meaning of it is not known to them. Individuals surround themselves with other humans‚ their friends‚ in order to achieve a greater happiness. It has become part of human nature. Friendship has become such a part of human nature that it can be seen in examples such as a human’s hierarchy of needs created by Maslow1. Constantly individuals strive to broaden their
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Aristotle’s Tragic Pleasure Bradley Elicker Temple University Abstract: Aristotle writes the Poetics as an investigation into representational art and‚ more specifically‚ as an investigation into the art form of tragedy. While Aristotle goes into great detail regarding the technical aspects of creating and appreciating a work of tragedy‚ he is somewhat lacking in his descriptions of how tragedy is enjoyed by an audience. Aristotle speaks of this tragic pleasure in two ways; as the pleasure of mimesis
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Macbeth has been defined as a tragedy‚ however‚ the definition of “tragedy” is questionable and doesn’t have a definite definition. The dictionary definition of a tragedy is a “serious drama with unhappy events or a sad ending” however‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ a tragedy should have six parts which consists of: a plot‚ character‚ thought‚ diction‚ spectacle and song. This "tragedy"‚ as it is often considered by others‚ examines the evil aspect of conflict‚ showing the
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Q: DISCUSS “OEDIPUS REX” AS A TRAGEDY. Ans: Aristotle’s views regarding tragedy are mainly based upon the excellencies which “Oedipus Rex” possesses as a tragedy. The play presents an imitation of an action or piece of life‚ which is serious‚ complete in itself and also having a certain magnitude. The means employed by Sophocles is language beautified by all available devices. The story is told in a dramatic form with incidents arousing pity and whereby to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions
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