term “happiness‚” is synonymous with function because having a purpose in life is what gives a human their innate will to live. Feeling that their presence is useful and meaningful allows for a constant conquest to be the best version of oneself. Aristotle‚ in his essay‚ “On Happiness‚” states that “for just as the goodness and performance… of man would seem to reside in whatever is his proper function” (7). Essentially‚ this means that until one can
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The socratic seminar during class changed my thoughts vastly as it progressed. The multiple bright ideas spread throughout the entirety of the seminar created many opportunities to reflect upon the ideas I had going into the seminar. Many of the ideas revolved around the themes of destiny and the idea of Maktub. Overall‚ the seminar certainly contained a lot of material to build off of. A theme that was discussed repeatedly through the seminar was destiny. Nikol explained that destiny drove Santiago
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Laughter is a malicious response to the ignorance of others‚ and a principled individual must avoid such a hateful response to the faults of others(Grunberg‚ 2011). The Traditional Theories of Laughter Three theories of laughter are common to the philosophy of laughter and humor. The superiority theory is unquestionably the oldest. All laughter is a response to the comical ignorance in others. The superiority theory makes a solid case by claiming that laughter is derision towards another’s misfortune
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Earliest Beginnings Greek Philosophy • Philosophy began when human beings tried to understand the world through the use of reason‚ rather than through religious myths or accepting the authority of others • The earliest philosophical questions were things like…. • “What is the world made of?” • “What holds the world up?” A brief overview of persons and doctrines • The first known philosopher was Thales‚ who lived in Miletus‚ in southern Asia Minor. • He thought that the world was all made
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Ethics and Aristotle A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years passed. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them‚ against her
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10/29/2013 People are accused all over the world for crimes they are not guilty of. In the text “Platos Apology” Socrates is accused of a crime which is slander. Socrates believes that teaching is not crime and he shouldn’t be prosecuted for such an act.Teaching is not a crime. How can he be accused of something that isn’t wrong in society? Even though Socrates is proven guilty he has no regrets. He believes he did nothing wrong and is happy to share his knowledge with people. Socrates
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AFTER SOCRATIC SEMINAR QUESTIONS I feel that the seminar went very well because we had some very good conversations with different perspectives about the story. Everybody got a chance t say what they want to say and all of the topics were covered in detail. My experience as the moderator of the seminar was very fun because i felt like i had the power to control the seminar. I enjoyed being able to talk to everybody about the topics and it was really cool to see everyone’s perspectives on the questions
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Plato vs. Aristotle Plato and Aristotle‚ two very well known philosophers‚ by definition are knowledge lovers‚ who held different ways of thinking on that of creation‚ politics‚ and love‚ consequently the teacher of Aristotle‚ who was Plato‚ holds different views on all of those matters. Creation‚ the beginning process of life either given from God‚ or an actual "higher form" which was Plato’s idea‚ or passed through from evolution‚ from which Aristotle sided with is one example of their differences
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Symposium Symposium‚ by Plato‚ contains information regarding the author’s life‚ provenance‚ genre‚ language‚ and intended audience. Plato was born in 429 BCE into one of the richest and most politically active families in Athens‚ Greece. When he was a young adult‚ he learned from the great Athenian philosopher Socrates‚ and later used Socrates as the main character of many of his dialogues. After Socrates death‚ Plato traveled to Megara‚ Cyrene‚ Italy‚ Sicily‚ Egypt‚ and Syracuse‚ spreading his
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Descartes and Plato Explain both of descartes Arguments for the existence of God Descartes proof of God’s existence comes from his third meditation and is based on three ideas. He argues that innate idea exists within us‚ the fictitious or invented ideas are a result of our own imagination and adventitious ideas result from our experiences in the world. Descartes said‚ the idea of God is innate and cannot be invented. Descartes presents some arguments that lead to his conclusion. The first
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