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    Soul and Aristotle

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    1: plato believes in dualism‚ where Aristotle does not. support 2: plato proposes that the soul transcends‚ where Aristotle does not. Introduction: Centuries ago‚ Aristotle was a student at Plato’s school. Being a student at Plato’s school‚ Aristotle’s philosophies were greatly influenced by Plato. There are many similarities in the philosophies of the two‚ but there are many differences as well. The question of “ What is a soul?” is one topic Aristotle and Plato did not agree. Plato’s construction

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    Aristotle on Justice

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    actions are motivated by pleonexia Pleonexia can be understood as the desire to have more of some socially availablegood‚ and is usually translated as greed or acquisitiveness. Close . Second‚ Aristotle does not identify a deficient vice with respect to justice. This violates his "golden mean" doctrine with respect to virtue. Without the identification of the deficient vice with respect to justice‚ then justice must not be a virtue of character. Due to considerations of time and length of

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    Aristotle and Weed

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    Philosopy - Ethics Assignment #1 – Aristotle What Would Aristotle Think About Legalizing Marijuana? What would Aristotle think about legalizing Marijuana? When attempting to speculate on how Aristotle would feel about this inquiry‚ I feel that only one thing must be addressed. What kind of person does marijuana make me‚ and does the legalization of marijuana increase or decrease a person’s ability to be happy and good? What Kind of Person According to Aristotle‚ the difference between animals

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    Aristotle On Euthanasia

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    Aristotle describes virtue as balance between vices. (Nic. Ethics‚ IV 2). By being truly virtuous‚ that means one has reached ultimate perfection. The question is‚ can someone be virtuous? If being truly virtuous means one is perfect‚ many religions such as Christianity refutes the idea of a being having the ability to be perfect without being God. There are large issues that make one question how one can be virtuous‚ what path to take and discovering how that decision was made in the first place

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    Antigone and Aristotle

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    considered a Greek Tragedy‚ even today it is still being produced in theaters all around the world. It has had many critics‚ Aristotle being the most famous. Aristotle ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. He was born in 384 B.C.‚ nearly 27 years after Antigone was first produced. He considered Sophocles the greatest tragedy playwright of all time. Aristotle wrote the "Poetics" in 350 B.C. almost 100 years after Antigone was written. The "Poetics" were Aristotle’s opinions

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    Buddhism and Aristotle

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    Buddhism & Aristotle Both Buddhism and Aristotle present intriguing philosophies; Buddhism promotes gratitude and suffering. Buddhists believe that happiness is not achieved by wealth‚ prestige‚ and luxury. Happiness is achieved by understanding the teachings of Buddhism and achieving nirvnana‚ which means to free the soul from bad Karma. On the other hand‚ Aristotle felt that Eudaimonia (happiness) was only achievable by fulfilling one’s full potential. In other words‚ happiness comes from

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    Aristotle And Kongzi

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    Aristotle ( 384-322 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher and political scientist born in Stagira‚ Greece‚ who focused mainly on politics and made significant contributions to various fields of knowledge such as ethics‚ biology‚ and politics. Many of his opinions and thoughts regarding politics are expressed throughout his work the Politics‚ Book I from 350 B.C. Unlike Aristotle‚ Kongzi (551 - 479 B.C.) was an ancient Chinese politician. He introduced Confucius‚ a teaching that was built to establish the

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    Aristotle - Biography

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    Biography 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

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    Aristotle on Friendship

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    Aristotle on Friendship We are social creatures. We surround ourselves with other human beings‚ our friends. It is in our nature. We are constantly trying to broaden the circumference of our circle of friends. Aristotle understood the importance of friendship‚ books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics deal solely with this topic. A modern day definition of a friend can be defined as �one joined to another in intimacy and mutual benevolence independently of sexual or family love�. (Oxford

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    Aristotle on the Soul

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    Aristotle on the Soul Aristotle’s notion differs from the usual conception of a soul as some sort of substance occupying the body‚ existing separately and eternally. To him‚ the soul is the essence of a living thing. The soul is what makes an organism an organism at all by actualizing its potential for life‚ and it’s constituted by its capacity for activities essential to that specific type of being. His investigation into the nature of the soul demonstrates basic principles of his philosophical

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