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    Aristotle as a Critic

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    ARISTOTLE AS A CRITIC. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.)‚ the son of a physician‚ was the student of Plato from approximately 367 B.C. until his mentor’s death in 348/347. After carrying on philosophical and scientific investigations elsewhere in the Greek world and serving as the tutor to Alexander the Great‚ he returned to Athens in 335 B.C.E. to found the Lyceum‚ a major philosophical center‚ which he used as his base for prolific investigations into many areas of philosophy. Aristotle is a towering

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    Descartes and the Matrix

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    in Mediations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes‚ nothing can be certain. Similarly‚ in The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers raise the question of how does anyone know what is real and what is not? The Wachowski brothers and Descartes describe their ideas about knowledge and epistemology through skepticism. Knowledge is a justified‚ true belief. According to Descartes‚ knowledge comes from two sources: Experiences‚ which are the senses‚ and reason. Descartes starts his argument by stating that many

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    Aristotle And Calmness

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    Calmness is defined by Aristotle as he opposite of anger and as the characteristic of meek people. Any mature person will remain calm in front of those who show serious behaviour and do not confront him with contempt‚ but express their respect. Fear is discussed by the philosopher from the point of view of those who may provoke fear and of whom one should be cautious. Worse are the persons who have the power and behave unjustly to the weak and poor. One becomes courageous after having

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    Aristotle on Friendship

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    Aristotle On Friendship Philosophical Ethics December 6‚ 1995 Friendship is undoubtedly one of the most important elements in the books of Aristotle’s ethical principles. Aristotle takes the idea of friendship to a serious degree. He categorizes them into three groups or types of friendships. This report will attempt to define each type of friendship as well as identify the role of friendship in a society. Aristotle considers friendship to be a necessity to live. He

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    Philosophy Aristotle

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    culture of the Department. What‚ she asks you‚ should she do? Should she stay‚ or leave? If she stays‚ how should she comport herself? Sometimes‚ Aristotle notes‚ the end in one activity-end formula can become an activity in another. If the pursuit of happiness is never pursued for the sake of some other thing‚ then according to Aristotle it is the "highest of all goods" or the "complete good" or the "good that is self-sufficient". 1. You practice carpentry (activity) in order to build

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    Aristotle And Pieper

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    The virtuous life is the best life. Humans continuously work to achieve happiness because it is the highest end and the chief good that is desired by all. Both Aristotle and Pieper agree with the notion that happiness is the final goal in life. Aristotle believes that in order to obtain happiness one must habituate virtuous actions all throughout his/her life. On the other hand‚ many people believe that a life in which happiness is generated by pleasures that provide temporary joy or relief from

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    Median Aristotle

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    Aristotle defines virtue in terms of a mean or median. On one end is the excess and on the other the deficiency with the median found somewhere between the two. A sizeable portion of the book is dedicated to discussing these virtues and their excess and deficiency as well as the sphere the virtue falls under. While a majority of the virtues have vices on either side and are found through trial and error somewhere between them‚ the virtue of temperance does not have this quality and is therefore more

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    Aristotles Contribution

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    Contribution of Aristotle in motion Aristotle’s ideas were believed to be true from 500 BC to 1600 CE. That’s about 1‚100 years of false knowledge. What Aristotle taught‚ appeared to be correct because it seemed obvious‚ but not all things are obvious.  Aristotle’s view on motion seems to make sense. Unfortunately‚ it isn’t correct. But because his theories appeared to make sense‚ they became popular and well accepted for a very long time. The key ideas that Aristotle tried to teach were:  All

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    Aristotle - Biography

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    Raphael portrays two of Greece ’s great philosophers as the focal point of his masterpiece The School of Athens. Aristotle has his hand pointing straight out as if he is declaring to Plato that truth is found right here around us. Aristotle was an excellent teacher who is considered to be the prince of philosophy and one of the world ’s most influential thinkers of all time. Aristotle was born in 384 B.C at Stragyra in Thrace‚ on the north coast of the Aegean Sea. This was fifteen years after

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    Descartes Knowledge

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    Descartes Knowledge The question of our existence in reality is a question which philosophers have tackled throughout time. This essay will look at the phrase‚ cogito ergo sum or I think therefore I am‚ a phrase brought about by Rene Descartes. This phrase is the backbone of Descartes whole philosophy of our existence in reality. As long as we are thinking things‚ we exist. When we look at this approach to our existence we must first deny that any sensory data

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