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    Aristotle vs Platonist

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    Aristotle and Plato were two men with different theories. Although they had some aspects in common‚ each had their understandings and meanings. Here I will explain what were their beliefs and how these philosophers interpreted each word with its true value. Also with the information‚ I will try to undercover the meaning of why people used to say people were born either as a Platonist or as a Aristotelian. Between these two philosophers their were differences of character‚ temperament‚ background

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    Aristotle Friendship

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    Aristotle has defined three types of friendships for us to evaluate: utility‚ pleasure‚ and true friendship. A utility friendships are better described as alliances. These friendships are beneficial to both parties and the duration of the friendship lasts until they prove to not be useful anymore. This type of friendship is very common. An example of a utility friendship is a political alliance or business alliance. The next type of friendship is of pleasure. These friendships are based on mutual

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    ANALYSIS OF KENYA’S GOVERNMENT REVENUE From the analysis Taxes seem to be the major source of revenue to the government since in the year 2006/7 it accounted for 93.16% of the total revenue‚ in the year 2007/8 it accounted for 94.91% of total revenue and in the year 2008/9 it amounted 94.71%. This is a good sign since the tax revenue/total government revenue is ideally required to be above 50%. The following classes of taxes were the major sources of revenue for the government: • Taxes on income

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    Sanchez 1 Andrew Sanchez Professor Richardson English 220 April 30‚ 2012 Edgar Allan Poe’s Beliefs about the Afterlife What exactly is Poe trying to tell us about the afterlife? Is he saying one even exists? And if so‚ what are his thoughts about Heaven and Hell? Speculations could be made about Poe’s beliefs in the afterlife due to much of his stories implying the existence of an afterlife or at least the thought of an afterlife. There have also been books written solely as psycho-analytic

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    Plato vs. Aristotle

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    Plato vs. Aristotle Plato and Aristotle‚ two philosophers in the 4th century‚ hold polar views on politics and philosophy in general. This fact is very cleverly illustrated by Raphael’s "School of Athens" (1510-11; Stanza della Segnatura‚ Vatican)‚ where Plato is portrayed looking up to the higher forms; and Aristotle is pointing down because he supports the natural sciences. In a discussion of politics‚ the stand point of each philosopher becomes an essential factor. It is not coincidental

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    Aristotle and Epicurus

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    According to Aristotle‚ the highest virtue of man is reason. He believes reason is what separates us from other living beings. Without reason‚ we would be no different than animals living on instinct. To understand exactly what he means‚ we must understand how Aristotle defines virtue. Virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is the excellence of function. Everything has a specific function and performing that function with excellence leads to having virtue. He believes the unique human function is

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    Hobbes Vs Aristotle

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    Aristotle and Thomas Hobbes were two of the most influential philosophers of all time. Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher who was a student of Plato in the 300 B.C. Thomas Hobbes was an English Philosopher in the 16th century who focused mostly on morality and politics. While both of these philosophers studied many other areas of education‚ they are both famous for their own theories of virtue. Aristotle’s beliefs of virtue revolve around “teleology”‚ the highest good and how one achieves that.

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    Aristotle And Calmness

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    Calmness is defined by Aristotle as he opposite of anger and as the characteristic of meek people. Any mature person will remain calm in front of those who show serious behaviour and do not confront him with contempt‚ but express their respect. Fear is discussed by the philosopher from the point of view of those who may provoke fear and of whom one should be cautious. Worse are the persons who have the power and behave unjustly to the weak and poor. One becomes courageous after having

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    Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 b.c. in the small town of Stagira on the northeast coast of Thrace. His father was the physician to the king of Macedonia. It could be that Aristotle’s great interest in biology and sci ence in general was nurtured in his early childhood as it was the custom‚ according to Galen‚ for families in the guild of the Asclepiadae to train their sons in the art of dissection. When he was seventeen years old‚ Aristotle went to Athens to enroll in Plato’s Academy‚ where

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    Examine Religious beliefs about death and beyond (AO1) The majority of religions have a clear belief in the concept of life and existence after death; however‚ the detail of what happens and how it happens differs between every religion and it predominantly depends on the beliefs about the soul. A prime idea that is constantly diverse between religions is the idea of death‚ body and soul. Linear religions such as Christianity primarily believed that death was a punishment for the bad and wicked

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