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    women being seen unequal to men in many cultures similar to how Aristotle viewed women. Patriarchy was a feature in culture of 330 B.C.E as Aristotle wrote on his perspective of women’s role to a man and explaining the general value that women are to Greek culture. The source establishes Aristotle as a long-term influence on the views of women and shows aspects of the bias of social class and gender bias of society in Greek society. Aristotle viewed women as inferior to men but almost to the point that

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    Name: Yuanwen Yang Instructor: Marvin Brown Course: Ethics: Business issues Date: 09/20/2012 Paper on Aristotle and Relationships at Work Aristotle is known as one of outstanding thinkers revealing the ideas of eternal wisdom to humanity. No wonder that his ethical ideas on civic relationships still find their reflection in modern-day conceptions of successful life. In the following paper‚ Aristotle’s ethical findings on the best way of living described in his work “Nicomachean Ethics”

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    Aristotle vs. Hobbes‚ constitutes a debate between two great thinkers from two profoundly different periods of time. Whereas Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE) had been a part of the Greek’s and more precisely‚ Athens’s Golden Age‚ Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) had lived through the English Civil War of 1640s to become one of the most influential philosophers. Based on their own personal experiences and surroundings‚ both Aristotle and Hobbes had developed a view of what human equality should sustain. However

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    The views of Plato and Aristotle are different but to some extent similar. Plato was mostly known for Theory of Forms and Aristotle was basically known for his thoughts in metaphysics. Even though they both thought a bit differently they did agree in a few things‚ for instance‚ Plato and Aristotle not only impacted social life in the past but the future‚ in fact some still use it in today’s society. Plato was a student of Socrate’s. He founded the first University called Academy in the year 387

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    “Battle of Ideas” The Battle of Ideas starts in 1914 showing a world with a global economy that is then torn apart by World War I. This created the economic development‚ world trade‚ and globalization all the way up to the 1980’s. The documentary explains how the world first moved toward more government control and then began to move away for most of the 20th century. During this time two young economists emerge in hope to solve the world’s economic troubles‚ John Meynard Keynes and Friederich

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    Aristotle’s and Mill’s ideas. One of the biggest ideas shared by the two is that all humans are striving towards the Good in their lives. However‚ while they both believe happiness is the ultimate Good in our lives‚ they differ in their conclusions of what happiness is and how to reach it. As previously mentioned‚ Mill studied Aristotle’s works in his early life which directly influences his ideals. Therefore‚ before we discuss the new ideas put forth by Mill‚ we must first discuss the ideas put forth by Aristotle

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    Although the Philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ was one of Plato’s brightest students in his academy‚ their views weren’t always exactly the same‚ though they were somewhat similar. After his Professor‚ Plato‚ passed away‚ Aristotle followed in his footsteps and started his own school called the Lyceum. In his school‚ one of the things Aristotle taught was one that he and Plato had slight mixed view about‚ which was Rhetoric. Plato’s and Aristotle’s views on rhetoric are similar but have slight differences

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    Rios Professor Seltzer Intro. To Ethics 22 October 2015 Aristotle vs. Aquinas There are multiple philosophers who have expressed their views on how a person should live his/her life. Despite the agreeance that god is the highest power‚ the conflicting views between philosophers is how a life of virtue should be lived. People containing different perspectives on life‚ distinguishing what is truly good from bad is extremely difficult. Aristotle was not religious‚ did not think god was compassionate

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    Jesus Christ and Aristotle. Both have defined virtue in their own terms‚ and this essay will compare these definitions and ultimately confirm their inherent differences. In the end‚ if given the chance‚ Aristotle would not approve of Jesus’ conception of virtue/excellence due to their conflicting views on the intention of action and defining virtue. In order to prove the dissimilarities of these men we will first examine the values of Jesus Christ‚ then later move on to Aristotle.

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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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