Plato was a very intelligent philosopher and teacher. Plato’s most famous student was Aristotle‚ who regardless of his education by the great philosopher has different views and opinions that Plato. The ideas of Plato and Aristotle would battle constantly. Plato’s metaphysics and epistemology split the world into the everyday perception of the world and into forms. These forms are best identified as ideas that are just out in the atmosphere. For example‚ there are so many different designs for creating
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Book II of the work‚ Aristotle distinguishes between moral virtues‚ which are learned through habit and practice‚ and intellectual virtues‚ which are learned through instruction. However‚ it is not until later in Book II that Aristotle actually defines virtue. He opens Chapter 5 with‚ "Next we must consider what virtue is" (35) and at its end asserts that virtue is a state of character. Therefore‚ the conclusion of the whole argument is: Virtue is a state of character. Aristotle first makes the following
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the idea’s Aristotle collected while studying tragedies. A tragedy‚ according to Aristotle‚ consists of six major points. The first and most important is the plot‚ which is what all the other points are based on. Such points are: character‚ language‚ thought‚ melody‚ and spectacle (Aristotle). A prime example of the usage of these parts in a tragic drama is evident in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”. The plot of a tragedy usually consists of a tragic hero’s fall from grace. Aristotle describes
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Todays lecture will focus on the teachings of the highly esteemed Aristotle. Specifically we will be exploring two major questions that are highly important when comparing the great Aristotle to the heretic Galileo. The major questions that we will delve into today are: Does the Earth move? as well as‚ Is the universe bounded‚ as Aristotle maintained‚ or is it infinite? Aristotle firmly believes that the Earth is immovable‚ he backs his claim with both science and the word of our Lord. As the lowly
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which a person should live‚ has puzzled philosophers from the beginning of time. There are many contrasting interpretations regarding how one should live his or her life in the best way possible. It is in my opinion that the Greeks‚ especially Aristotle‚ have exhibited the most logical explanation of how to live the "good life". The following paper will attempt to offer a detailed understanding of Aristotle’s reasoning relating to his theory of virtue ethics. In order to explain the fundamentals
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Lauren LaRue Philosophy 14 March 2012 Minor Essay No. 2 TOPIC A Think about one or more of your friendships in light of what Aristotle writes about friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics. Write an essay that reflects on both -- your friendship(s) in terms of Aristotle’s ideas and/or Aristotle’s ideas in terms of your friendship(s). You may refer to relevant sections of the Ethics by line number as needed‚ but the main idea here is to reflect on your real life experience of friendship and
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Throughout Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle explains his opinions on morality and virtue. In the book‚ Nicomachean Ethics‚ he tells us how he believes moral virtue is acquired and what he thinks it is. By doing this he states multiple reasons and explanations as to why he believes the answers to his question. Explaining Aristotle’s thoughts on virtue and what it really means to him will be kind of hard considering how difficult his readings are to read‚ but I attempt to overcome that and
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Imitative Art A Comparison of the Philosophies of Plato & Aristotle And the Ultimate Beneficial Nature of the Tragic Drama By: Stephanie Cimino In the various discussions of imitative art there has been a notable disagreement between two distinguished philosophers; Plato and Aristotle. Although it was Plato who first discussed the concept of imitative art‚ it is my belief that Aristotle was justified in his praise and admiration of imitative art‚ specifically‚ the tragic drama
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predecessors Plato and Aristotle. Whereas his predecessors held virtue in an ideal environment (idealism)‚ Machiavelli defined virtue in a real environment where one is judged by his actions and not by the way his actions ought to be (realism). [pic][pic] According to Plato and Aristotle good life only exists in total virtue where a person will be most happy. Plato places emphasis on the extinction of personal desires through love so that one can achieve happiness (Barker‚ 1959). Aristotle on the other hand
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of thought as Aristotle has. Plato’s pupil and consequently Alexander’s mentor‚ possibly the first polymath‚ the ripples of the Macedonian’s teachings are still being felt all across the world and formed the basis for Western culture for over a millennia until the arrival of the Scientific Revolution. Following from this‚ in this essay one will explore into Aristotle’s views on tragedy and final causation and comprehend how these can be applied to the movie Blade Runner. Aristotle‚ in his Metaphysics
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