Aristotle: Virtues are Like Skills Aristotle believes that no one is born virtuous. Virtues are acquired through practice‚ which leads to habit. He feels that if someone did something courageous one time‚ then that person is not virtuous. The person would need to continue making good sound reasonable decisions that leads to courageous acts in order to become virtuous. Aristotle also believes that one must act accordingly in the right manner. For instance‚ if they are striving to be courageous‚ then
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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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of respect for humanity‚ of treating a human being like an end rather than a means. Both Plato and Aristotle agree that justice exists in an objective sense: that is‚ it dictates a belief that the good life should be provided for all individuals no matter how high or low their social status Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. Aristotle puts emphasis on the institution of the polis Both viewed justice as the harmonious interaction of people
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Plato vs. Aristotle Socrates developed many theories in regards with the political issues. He passes these onto Plato and from Plato to Aristotle. Each time these political issues were passed on they changed. Plato and Aristotle lived in the fourth century‚ BCE. They were both great thinkers in regard to philosophy and both had wonderful views. They both had different views on politics and philosophy. Plato supports the higher forms (Gods) and Aristotle supports the natural science. Now Plato is
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Being‚ which is God. This is confirmed to us in reason: our ultimate desire lies in absolute perfection. Aristotle: In my opinion‚ the Supreme Good‚ or Happiness‚ is to lead a life that allows us to use and develop our reason. In contrast to amusement or pleasure‚ which can also be enjoyed by other beings‚ such as animals‚ happiness is not a state but an activity‚ and if genuine‚ is long-lasting. Aquinas: So what you’re saying is that good or bad fortune affects our happiness? A- Yes. In order
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Aristotle doesn’t think that happiness is something that comes and goes continuously‚ he sees happiness as a goal in ones life or the ultimate value of ones life so far. “Verbally there is a very general agreement; for both the general run of men and people
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“Daring Greatly” When Theodore Roosevelt used the phrase “daring greatly” in his speech‚ Citizenship in a Republic‚ he did not use it lightly. Daring greatly‚ in and of itself‚ is not something that should be done cautiously; rather‚ when someone “dares greatly‚” they are committing an extraordinary act without fear of failure. Daring greatly means that if one does fail‚ then they will pick themselves back up and keep trying. Roosevelt weaves this meaning into his quilt of words when he says‚ “The
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Aristotle once wrote “The excess of virtue is a vice” and nothing illustrates this lesson quite as clearly as Dante’s Inferno‚ as he travels through the depths of hell and learns of the unfortunate souls who reside there - some of who knowingly committed the most heinous and crimes against humanity‚ but also those who simply took the virtues they were taught to live by to unreasonable lengths until they became their very undoing. A section of hell has been reserved for those who were uncommitted
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Comedy and Tragedy | | Comedy According to Aristotle (who speculates on the matter in his Poetics)‚ ancient comedy originated with the komos‚ a curious and improbable spectacle in which a company of festive males apparently sang‚ danced‚ and cavorted rollickingly around the image of a large phallus. (If this theory is true‚ by the way‚ it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "stand-up routine.") Accurate or not‚ the linking of the origins of comedy to some sort of phallic
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Perhaps the greatest strand of continuity between Aristotle and Galen (and between the ancient Greco-Roman tradition and the early Christian tradition) is their one-sex model/discourse surrounding gender; both of these thinkers believe that the female is an inverted and imperfect version of the male. In other words‚ the female is a deficient male and/or a male gone wrong. This is largely evident in Galen’s writing as he states “all the parts that men have have women have too..in women the parts are
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