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    Lastly‚ one of the many well-known philosophers in history‚ is Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)‚ who believed in more of a natural institution. Aristotle was heavily influenced by Plato‚ but disagreed with some aspects of his philosophy. However‚ Aristotle agreed with Plato’s theory‚ in which humans are political animals‚ but what sets humans different from animals‚ is that humans can reason. Hence‚ this forces people to live according to their reason rather than their passions. The downside of this ideology

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    consequently unreliable. But we also have an immortal soul– and this soul is the realm of reason and not being physical‚ this soul can survey the world of ideas...Plato also believed the soul existed before it inhabited the body” (Gaarder 88). Aristotle- “What Aristotle called the ‘form’ chicken is present in every single chicken as the chicken’s particular set characteristics– for one‚ that it lays eggs. The real chicken and the form chicken are thus just as inseparable as body and soul” (Gaarder 107)

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    Philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle The philosophies of Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle had different points of-view but they were also similar in some ways. For example‚ all three philosophers had their own thoughts on the subject of justice and government. Socrates belief on this matter was that democracy was an unwise form of government. He thought that the electing of the people was unfair justice. Plato had some of the same beliefs. He believed that government should only have

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    world around them. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle are responsible for some of these major early discoveries and are a big reason as to where we are today due to their endeavors to understand various philosophical topics. In this essay‚ I am going to explain Plato’s views on knowledge and science‚ Aristotle’s views on change and science‚ and ultimately how although both contributed to man’s understanding of philosophy today‚ Aristotle started a departure from the views of Plato and into

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    Philosophy Through Film | Aristotle & “I Remember Mama” 1. In Aristotle‚ the good of man is described as final and self-sufficient. That is‚ the chief good is something final. This relates well to Uncle Chris throughout the movie. Everyone was scared of him – he drank‚ he drove fast and was quite brash. However‚ when he died‚ his nieces discovered that there was no inheritance‚ because he had been donating it to children with leg problems so that they didn’t grow up and limp as

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    THE HUMAN FUNCTION IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE Plato and Aristotle have similar perspectives about human function. They also share some of their ideas about how human function is related to other philosophical notions such as virtue‚ good‚ justice‚ and the soul. According to Aristotle the chief good (and the human function‚ which has its end in itself) is happiness. But his definition of happiness is different from what ordinary people usually think. Happiness is neither pleasure nor wealth‚ nor is

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    Axia College Material Appendix C Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle Matrix Fill in the matrix below‚ denoting each philosopher’s view concerning the topics listed. Write NA if there is no record in the textbook of the philosopher’s view on the specific topic. Then‚ using the information you inserted into the matrix as a guide‚ write a 350-700 word response describing how Socrates’‚ Plato’s‚ and Aristotle’s philosophies relate to each other. |

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    Excerpts from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics – Book II W. D. Ross translation Book II 1     Virtue‚ then‚ being of two kinds‚ intellectual and moral‚ intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching (for which reason it requires experience and time)‚ while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit‚ whence also its name (ethike) is one that is formed by a slight variation from the word ethos (habit). From this it is also plain that none of the moral virtues

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    For the history fair‚ we decided to debate nature versus nurture and the two people we used in our debate was Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle on the side of nature and for the side of nurture is also a Greek philosopher Plato. First to start the project‚ my partner named Brittany and I jarred when and purchased a tri – board to present the project. Second‚ to do this debate‚ my partner and I researched on the history of the two philosophers and we also did some research on both of the two great thinker’s

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