Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης‚ Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together withPlato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first
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Aristotle’s Tragic Pleasure Bradley Elicker Temple University Abstract: Aristotle writes the Poetics as an investigation into representational art and‚ more specifically‚ as an investigation into the art form of tragedy. While Aristotle goes into great detail regarding the technical aspects of creating and appreciating a work of tragedy‚ he is somewhat lacking in his descriptions of how tragedy is enjoyed by an audience. Aristotle speaks of this tragic pleasure in two ways; as the pleasure of mimesis
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On Aristotle’s view‚ stasis represented an arrest of the political processes of a healthy polis. The health of the polis corresponded directly to the participation of its citizens in political friendship‚ homonoia‚ which is correctly translated‚ according to‚ as "together-mindedness or like-mindedness. Greek’s usage usually prefers the impersonal verb form which "conveys the meaning of a conflict that includes the entire polis‚ not just its factioneers. To provide a broader context for the Aristotelian
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Plato and Aristotle regarding the best political association. Quotes from Politics and the Republic are used to support the author’s thesis. Plato and Aristotle: An Analysis Determining the best form of political association was important to the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle‚ and each of them expressed his opinion in important works such as the Republic and Politics. In explaining‚ comparing‚ and contrasting the political philosophies of Plato and Aristotle‚ it is evident
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people‚ the world would be a much better place if we approached others with compassion and a sense of justice about their character and not how they physically look.
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Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics Book I 1. What does it mean to say Aristotle’s ethical theory is “teleological?” In Aristotle’s world‚ nature‚ which is made up of matter and form‚ is teleological‚ meaning it has an end or goal. For example‚ the telos of an acorn is to turn into an oak tree. At first something has its potential and then it makes the choice in life to actualize that potential‚ by virtue‚ and be the best it can be. There is an aim and purpose to everything and a purpose to everything
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Aristotle As an important figure head in the field of philosophy‚ Aristotle and his numerous influences will be detailed. Identification and evaluation of key concepts and analyses that comprised his theories will be discussed along with identification and description of his contributions to the field of philosophy will also be offered. Lastly‚ further discussion will focus on how the culture and the time period influenced his ideology. Metaphysics Metaphysics is a branch philosophy concerned
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mere imitation of emotion and was thus an improper educator of the people. Aristotle was Plato’s most valued pupil‚ as such‚ much if not most of his work in the Poetics draws crucial inferences from Plato. Aristotle breaks from the historically linear progression of thoughts passed down from teacher to student on the topic of emotional value in writing and its impending effect on poetry’s ability to educate. Catharsis‚ Aristotle would say‚ should not be a hindrance on the rationality of a poetic work’s
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happiness‚ or better yet‚ where happiness exists is a question that has been pondered by many great thinkers. Aristotle‚ Immanuel Kant‚ Plato and Socrates had quite a bit to say on the subject. All of these well-known philosophers have a road map to happiness‚ religion‚ passion and objectivity. Yet‚ their theories differ ultimately in how to go about attaining each of them. For both Plato and Aristotle the good appears to be happiness. For Plato‚ this is where his interpretation of the meaning of Eudaimonism
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Aristotle provides the teleological approach of how to live well in his collection of lectures‚ Nicomachean Ethics. In Book II of Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle presents his definition of virtue in which it is "a kind of mean" (N.E. 129). According to Aristotle‚ moral virtue is a means to an end‚ happiness. By using Sophocles’s Antigone‚ I will support Aristotle’s theory of virtue in which he reasons it to be a state of character between two extremes. A virtue that remains relevant today as it did
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