The Ancient Greeks‚ Part Two: Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle Dr. C. George Boeree "The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates The Athenians When we think of ancient Greece‚ we think right away of Athens. Several of the philosophers we have already discussed considered it the pinnacle of their careers to come and teach in this great city. But Athens wasn’t always great. It began as a collection of villages in some of the poorest agricultural land in Greece. Only carefully
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Plato‚ student of Socrates‚ and Aristotle‚ student of Plato‚ two of the most influential philosophers to have ever walked the earth‚ take two completely different approaches whilst talking about the formation of city states and epistemology itself. Plato primarily defined the nature of things in theoretical terms through metaphysics‚ in contrast to actual terms. Thus by looking to the ’higher forms’ he aimed to explain the function of existing knowledge and understandings in the search for the ’absolute
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The Republic‚ by Plato discusses human morality and the difference between justice and injustice. Socrates is challenged by his peers to explain his views on the topic‚ which he claims that being just is the function of the soul. He is then confronted by more students who suggest that unjust humans have a better life than those who are just. To respond to this Socrates decides to create a city called Kallipollis in order to demonstrate why being just is beneficial to everyone in a society instead
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The Tools of Philosophy: Socrates- the concept of integrity/ being true to yourself Importance in maintaining a state of virtue Wont compromise his strength of character “To thy own self be true” Attracted young people (energy and enthusiasm) and inspired them to ask questions The Socratic Method- challenged norms (Ex: “The sky if blue”) Challenged people in order to make them more clear in their own thought processes Forced people to stretch their ideas further/put together a base of knowledge
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Rios Professor Seltzer Intro. To Ethics 22 October 2015 Aristotle vs. Aquinas There are multiple philosophers who have expressed their views on how a person should live his/her life. Despite the agreeance that god is the highest power‚ the conflicting views between philosophers is how a life of virtue should be lived. People containing different perspectives on life‚ distinguishing what is truly good from bad is extremely difficult. Aristotle was not religious‚ did not think god was compassionate
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Confucius versus Aristotle and the similarities between Dao‚ or as it is presently known‚ Tao against eudaimonia‚ (happiness)‚ and why these ideas are important to the study of ethics today. Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers in history. He was solely judged in terms of his philosophical influence and his only peer was Plato. Aristotle’s writings have proven to be difficult to understand to most novice readers‚ although his teachings in the Nicomachean Ethics and that of eudaimonia
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Christianity vs. Aristotle Ethics Two common compare and contrast scenarios is Aristotle versus Christianity. The views of Aristotle’s ethics are in some way a lot different but also if you look deep enough you can find similar views that mimic Christianity. The definition of ethics is one word‚ morality. Determining whether what you’re doing is either right or wrong. Most of the time‚ different people will answer differently if the action is considered morally right or morally wrong. Aristotle believes
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Luke Coviello 10/13/13 History 153 Merson Aristotle Aristotle was a pupil of the famous philosopher Plato. During his lifetime (384-322 BC) he learned and taught Socratic philosophy which was taught to him. He was taught this philosophy by Plato‚ who is responsible for all of Socrates written works since Socrates himself did not write down his teachings. During his teen years he was enrolled in Plato’s “Academy” where he then taught for about 20 years after his graduation. After this
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ID: 20062471 group #3 Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics Plato and Aristotle are the names of the two philosophers who had so much influence on philosophy as a science. Plato and Aristotle are connected with each other. At 17 years Aristotle entered the school of the Plato. From the beginning Aristotle was strongly on the side of Plato’s principles‚ and then his views became more differ from Plato. In Plato’s school Aristotle got the important knowledge‚ with which he had opened his
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Plato vs. Augustine on Memory Assignment: Plato and Augustine use memory in ways that are comparable and incomparable. What is the role or function of memory in their respective psychological writings? What are their differences? If they disagree‚ indicate how they would criticize each other’s work. Augustine begins describing memory as that of a house. He describes it as being a place where images‚ ideas and memories are kept. They can be accesses and stored‚ re-used and deposited as needed
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