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    Living Well Vs. Living Large: The Accounts of Aristotle and Arendt In today’s day and age‚ the concepts of living well and living large are commonly discussed in a capitalist society where economic prosperity seems to be at the forefront of people’s everyday lives. However‚ economics dates back to the Ancient Greek Empire where it carried a significantly different meaning and purpose. In Politics‚ Aristotle examines life in the ancient Greek system‚ and its divergence into two sectors: the public

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    Aristotle discusses in Book 2 Chapter 6 about Shame and Shamelessness. He defines shame as “pain or disturbance in regard to bad things‚ whether present‚ past‚ or future‚ which seem likely to involve us in discredit; and shamelessness as contempt or indifference in regard to these same bad things” (Aristotle‚ pg. 85). Aristotle makes an intriguing conclusion when he says that if we take these definitions as previously stated above to be true‚ we feel same at such bad things as we think are disgraceful

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    Aristotle (384 BC – March 7‚ 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and a student of Plato‚ considered first scientist in Western world. He was a philosopher of common sense. He tried to define essences and his aim is to explicate the world as well as cosmos surrounding us. According to Introduction of Metaphysics‚ Aristotle’s world-view is teleological that there is kind of purpose in cosmos: " What is important is that the world seems to have a purpose‚ a meaning and even a design. It

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    Aristotle’s Concept of Imitation Aristotle took the term ‘Imitation’ from Plato‚ yet Aristotle gave new dimensions and significance to the term. Aristotle’s imitation is not mere copying but a creative imitation or re-creation. It is the imitation of the ideals. Aristotle describes the medium‚ objects and manner of poetic imitation. Plato’s Idea of Imitation Plato divides arts into useful arts like medicine and agriculture and imitative arts like poetry. To Plato ‘idea’ was the truth

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    morality. He must also understand how to live a life of temperance‚ without giving in to the pleasure of the extremes. If achieved‚ this life of excellence will ultimately lead to eudaimonia‚ which translates to happiness‚ success‚ and fulfillment. Aristotle states that every activity aims at some good. Although this is true‚ some activities are considered more virtuous than others. For instance‚ if one pursues something that they selfishly desire‚ then the result will be vain and not truly profitable

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    of how man should act and reason. They have a similar view of the end: greatness‚ but the means which the two philosophers describe are distinctly different. Machiavelli writes about man as mainly concerned with power and self-assertion‚ while Aristotle desires a society of individuals‚ of honorable men. An excess of the power seeking Machiavellians and an undeniable scarcity of genuine individuals have created a contemporary society so out of touch with its own humanity that it desperately needs

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    Three Athenian philosophers flourished in Ancient Greece from 470 BC until 322 BC. They were Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. These philosophers were famous for their "schools of thought." They questioned basic and widely accepted ideas. The works of these three men were the foundation for great western philosophy and still play a vital role in our evolution today. The lives they led influence the modern world greatly. The first of these three men is Socrates who lived from 470 BC until 399 BC.

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    Can Superior and Inferior People Become Complete Friends? This paper examines whether inferior and superior people can be friends based on complete friendship according to Aristotle. First‚ I will clarify the definition of a complete friendship and what it entails. Secondly‚ I will explain the different types of equal and unequal friendships in accordance with complete friendship. Then I will show how different levels of affection follow the forms of inequality and how a sort of equality can

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    strive to be virtuous. Thus‚ the notion of virtue becomes fundamental. What is a virtue? A fixed positive character trait that involves various dispositions. For Aristotle morality is about living in accordance with virtue. Every activity has some goal or end and his project here is to figure out what the Good consists in According to Aristotle something is good to the extent that it fulfills its function. What is our function? it must be what distinguishes us from plants and animals‚ which is rationality

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    are also wrong. This never-ending debate would never cease‚ therefore our efforts would render useless. A common ground is required for some kind of agreement between us. In The Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle provides us with a more universal meaning for virtue‚ more specifically regarding honor. Aristotle states‚ in Book IV‚ that the honorable man “does not run into trifling dangers‚ nor is he fond of danger‚ because he honors few things; but he will face great

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