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    Kant Vs Aristotle

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    Aristotle vs. Kant Ethical Teachings Central to modern ethical teachings are the views expressed by Aristotle and Kant‚ whose writings and works have influenced ethical issues over centuries. This essay presents a comparison between the ethical teachings of Aristotle and Immanuel Kant with the use of three concepts presented by Aristotle and Kant which in the context of a contemporary ethical issue such as abortion. Firstly will consider the philosopher’s views and ideas on living the best possible

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    Aristotle on Sleep and Dreams Michael Alexander Philosophy 1301 T – TH 11:30 – 12:50 Alexander 1 Aristotle’s philosophy covered a broad range of topics including the existence of God‚ politics‚ and ethics. These subjects in particular‚ sleep and dreams‚ were less glorified than others yet critical topics Aristotle proceeded to explain. Aristotle discusses dreams and sleeping in three treatises: On Sleep and Dreams‚ On Sleeping and Waking‚ and On Divination through Sleep. His concepts of mind

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    Analysis of Aristotle’s Rhetoric Aristotle’s Book 1 makes known the meanings of rhetoric and provides a look into the various elements that rhetoric entails.  Aristotle starts out Book 1 by defining a few terms.  Rhetoric is described as “the counterpart of Dialectic‚” (Aristotle‚ 3).  These are both forms of argumentation‚ although rhetoric is persuasive‚ and dialectic the more logical. They have many similarities that can be seen from an emotional to a factual stance.  All men possess both‚ but

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    Metaphysics Aristotle considered the most fundamental features of reality in the twelve books of the Μεταφυσικη(Metaphysics). Although experience of what happens is a key to all demonstrative knowledge‚ Aristotle supposed that the abstract study of "being qua being" must delve more deeply‚ in order to understand why things happen the way they do. A quick review of past attempts at achieving this goal reveals that earlier philosophers had created more difficult questions than they had answered: the Milesians over-emphasized

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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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    Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης‚ Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together withPlato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first

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    John Wesley published many books including “Forty-four sermons” and “A plain Account of Christian Perfection”. On 1742 John Wesley published a book called “The Character of a Methodist”. Historically this is the first time Wesley talked about the notion of perfection which he had avoided in previous books. Wesley

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    Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics Book I 1. What does it mean to say Aristotle’s ethical theory is “teleological?” In Aristotle’s world‚ nature‚ which is made up of matter and form‚ is teleological‚ meaning it has an end or goal. For example‚ the telos of an acorn is to turn into an oak tree. At first something has its potential and then it makes the choice in life to actualize that potential‚ by virtue‚ and be the best it can be. There is an aim and purpose to everything and a purpose to everything

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    Plato Aristotle Dialogue

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    Plato and Aristotle Dialogue As I was at Plato’s Academy‚ I overhear an argument between Plato and Aristotle. The two were in an intensive argument over the theory of forms and the theory of knowledge. As I listened‚ I noticed that the two had extremely different viewpoints on the issues‚ but both men had compelling arguments. The first heated discussion was on the theory of knowledge. Plato’s views on knowledge were interesting to me. Plato believed that knowledge about reality comes from within

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    Can Superior and Inferior People Become Complete Friends? This paper examines whether inferior and superior people can be friends based on complete friendship according to Aristotle. First‚ I will clarify the definition of a complete friendship and what it entails. Secondly‚ I will explain the different types of equal and unequal friendships in accordance with complete friendship. Then I will show how different levels of affection follow the forms of inequality and how a sort of equality can

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