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    Aristotle - Short Essay

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    Throughout his life‚ Aristotle paid particularly close attention to the notion of happiness. In Aristotle’s opinion‚ happiness is achieved by obtaining the highest good by living a good life. However‚ living a good life in accordance with Aristotle’s views can be difficult. He believes that in order to live a good life‚ one must constantly seek to fulfill the bodily needs. To do so‚ one must live with moral and intellectual virtues at all times. Aristotle believed that living with moral and intellectual

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    Cited: . "Aristotle ." Internaet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP ‚ 21 2005. Web. 3 Nov 2012. Gill‚ N. S.. "Plato - Greek Philosopher." Ancient / Classical History. About.com. Web. 3 Nov 2012. . "Greek Philosopher Plato." AllAboutPhilosophy.org. AllAboutPhilosophy.org

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    On the Soul ‘Psyche’ or the soul‚ is a intricate part of our being which many great thinkers such as Plato‚ Aristotle and Augustine aim to define and unravel. One should remain attentive to the fact that these great minds come to similar yet altered conclusions of the soul; for it is an intrinsic part of our being‚ aiding in our discovery and understanding of the world. Plato addresses in his novel‚ The Phaedo‚ the notion of soul and body being separate entities. Often‚ Plato depicts the

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    Plato and Aristotle attempt to arrive at a set of moral principles dealing with‚ what is considered good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. Plato believed that concepts had an ideal and universal form which lead to his idealistic philosophy. Aristotle believed that universal forms were not linked to an object or concept but needed to be analyzed on its own. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ he did not necessarily agree with Plato’s theory on morality. Aristotle was more focused

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    Sarah Bader Al-Din 6652179 Aristotle Essay CLA/PHI3380A Aristotle’s views have today come to shape the way in which people view things and how they think. In this essay I will be discussing the difference between continence and temperance and their relation to moral virtue and how it is possessed. I will explain what Aristotle’s view on knowledge‚ and how it the key to human life. When Aristotle describes moral virtue he describes it as something that “comes as a result of habit”(Nicomanchean Ethics

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    Aristotle Versus Plato

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    CONCEPT OF IMITATION IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE Abstract Plato and Aristotle argue that artist (Demiurge) and poet imitate nature‚ thus‚ a work of art is a reflection of nature. However‚ they have different views on the functions of imitation in art and literature. Plato believes in the existence of the ideal world‚ where exists a real form of every object found in nature. A work of art –which reflects nature is twice far from the reality it represents. Aristotle‚ on the other hand‚ does not deal

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    Aristotle Virtue Theory

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    Aristotle Virtues Theory talks about doing the right thing because it is rights. Not doing the right thing because it benefits you or because something of your personal is at stake. It is also about understanding right from wrong and applying that knowledge to moral behavior. Aristotle believed that when making a decision morals tend to take over in more cases than none. The decisions that we make has to do with having the knowledge of understanding right from wrong. He also say that the right decisions

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    ARISTOTLE ’S EUDAIMONIA Eudaimonia stands for happiness in Greek. Aristotle argues that the highest good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. This "good" may not be viewed as a good action or any good by others‚ but for the doer of the action ("good")‚ the activity will be perceived as good and that it will bring a favorable outcome. Aristotle also said

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    My Aim in Life

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    My aim in life: “Ambition makes a man energetic and active”. People have their own dreams in life some want to become rich or a band business man. There are others who have the craze to become poets‚ writers and novelists. But most of us have the desire of becoming doctors‚ engineers and scientists. As for myself‚ I don’t have high hopes in my life‚ indeed. I wish to become a teacher. The aim of my teacher’s life inspires me to take up this profession. The teaching profession is very noble

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    Reflection Paper Aristotle

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    Aristotle As I get to understand Aristotle and his understandings I see that his whole perspective is that every human’s goal in life is to achieve ultimate happiness. Happiness is what all of our ultimate goals are‚ Aristotle saw it as a simple thing that could be in some cases hard to achieve because you have to bring into play pleasure as well. He insisted that at least minimum pleasure was required for ultimate happiness. Because although happiness is desired for itself it is not used to obtain

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