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    Aristotle Imitaion

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    Aristotle’s Poetics December 19‚ 2010 1.      The Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival

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    LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics” is at times given a derogative connotation. A view is termed metaphysical

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    Plato & Metaphysics Metaphysics; a combination of the Greek word‚ meta‚ which translates to “after‚” “beyond‚” “along with‚” “among‚” and “behind‚” and the Latin term‚ physica‚ that simply means the science of matter and physical properties. Philosophers refer to this term to theorize about the different elements of the world in which we live and the world that truly exists. One of the most prominent philosophers is Plato‚ who set the foundation for many modern philosophers on their perspective

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    As we delve deeper into Kant’s Metaphysics we begin to get a comprehension of how Kant believes that knowledge of the world can be possible. In this essay‚ I hope to explain clearly the way Kant believes that to be able to understand the world‚ humans’ project certain rules and regulation that objects must conform to so that they can be understood. I also intend to explain that it is through these rules and regulations that we will see two forms of human understanding that will appear with three

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    Famous People Study Guide

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    1. Famous People: 2. "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." a. H. G. Wells (1866-1946) 3. "Glory is fleeting‚ but obscurity is forever." b. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) 4. "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." c. Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956) 5. "Don’t be so humble - you are not that great." d. Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat 6. "His ignorance is encyclopedic" e. Abba

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    NIGERIA NSUKKA TOPIC THE CATEGORIES OF ARISTOTLE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS 1 NAME MABKWE NICHOLAS CHUKWUNWEIKE REG. NO 09/UN/SI/A/0826 LECTURER REV. FR. DR. B. ABANUKA C.S.Sp. DATE JANUARY 2011 INTRODUCTION Aristotle (384-322BC) is one of the most influential philosophers of the western tradition and had many philosophical works credited to him. In his treatise on logic collectively known as “Organon”‚ Aristotle gave two preliminary treatises; “The Categories

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    Phi 350 Metaphysics

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    Phi 350: Metaphysics Instructions Please write a 1250-1500 word essay in response to the prompt stated below. In writing this essay‚ you should use the textbook and classroom discussion as your foundation. You should not try to summarize the reading assignments in turn‚ but only those parts that are relevant to dealing with the prompt and for setting up and helping to explain the critical remarks in your paper. In this paper you should have your own thesis to defend about the question identified

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    Plato and Aristotle

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    Philosophies of Aristotle and Plato Plato and Aristotle both have been very influential as the ancient Greek philosophers. Aristotle was a student of Plato and there are many similarities between these intellectual giants of the ancient world but there are also many things that distinguish them from each other. Aristotle was far more empirical-minded than Plato. First‚ Plato’s philosophy relegated the material‚ physical world to a sort of metaphysical second class. His contention was that the

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    Baiyewu PHI 472/ Introduction to Metaphysics & Epistemology October 20‚ 2012 Professor John Barker G. E. Moore’s main contributions to philosophy were in the areas of metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ and philosophical methodology. In epistemology‚ Moore is remembered as a stalwart defender of commonsense realism. Rejecting skepticism on the one hand‚ and‚ on the other‚ metaphysical theories that would invalidate the commonsense beliefs of “ordinary people” (non-philosophers)‚ Moore articulated

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    Aristotle published Metaphysics and Alexander the Great was not content with him doing so. Alexander believed that by publishing the book‚ Aristotle believed that he was uncovering all the secrets to the masses.  Alexander thought that knowing the secrets of metaphysical knowledge was what made him unique‚ and is should not have made its way to the light and everyone’s acknowledgement.   Based on the reading of “The Metaphysics‚” I believe Alexander the Great was upset at the fact that Aristotle

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