to engage in a causal investigation of the world around us. From the very beginning‚ and independently of Aristotle‚ the investigation of the natural world consisted in the search for the relevant causes of a variety of natural phenomena. From the Phaedo‚ for example‚ we learn that the so-called “inquiry into nature” consisted in a search for “the causes of each thing; why each thing comes into existence‚ why it goes out of existence‚ why it exists” (96 a 6–10). In this tradition of investigation
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CASE STUDY: SUICIDE SUICIDE Suicide is defined as “the act of killing oneself purposely”. It is an act wherein you put an end to your own life. Suicide is an enigmatic and disconcerting phenomenon. Because of others’ inability to directly occupy the mental world of the suicidal‚ suicide appears to elude easy explanation. This inexplicability is stunningly captured by Jeffrey Eugenides in his novel The Virgin Suicides. In the novel‚ the narrator describes the reactions of several teenaged
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young soldier named Alcibiades. He was‚ by all accounts‚ short and stout‚ not given to good grooming‚ and a lover of wine and conversation. His famous student‚ Plato‚ called him “the wisest‚ and justest‚ and best of all men whom I have ever known” (Phaedo). He was irritated by the Sophists and their tendency to teach logic as a means of achieving self-centered ends‚ and even more their promotion of the idea that all things are relative. It was the truth that he loved‚ desired‚ and believed in.
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Dialogue on the threshold and diatribe: construction mechanisms of the individual ’s self-consciousness / Diálogo no limiar e diatribe: mecanismos de construção da autoconsciência do sujeito Aurora Gedra Ruiz Alvarez* Lílian Lopondo** ABSTRACT This paper is about the dialogue on the threshold whose origins are in the Socratic dialogue and the diatribe (a dialogued internal gender)‚ both understood as privileged mechanisms in the construction of the main character of Dostoevski´s novel
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The Pre-Socratic Philosophers | "Pre-Socratic" is the expression commonly used to describe those Greek thinkers who lived and wrote between 600 and 400 B.C. It was the Pre-Socratics who attempted to find universal principles which would explain the natural world from its origins to man’s place in it. Although Socrates died in 399 B.C.‚ the term "Pre-Socratic" indicates not so much a chronological limit‚ but rather an outlook or range of interests‚ an outlook attacked by both Protagoras (a Sophist)
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knowledge and Knowledge Management while examining its strategic importance for retaining the competitive advantage by the organizations. What is knowledge? Plato first defined the concept of knowledge as justified true belief’’ in his Meno‚ Phaedo and Theaetetus. Although not very accurate in terms of logic‚ this definition has been predominant in Western philosophy (Nonaka and Takeuchi‚ 1995). Davenport et al. (1998) define knowledge as ``information combined with experience‚ context‚ interpretation
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There is no single problem of personal identity‚ but rather a wide range of loosely connected questions. Here are the most familiar ones: Who am I? We often speak of one’s “personal identity” as what makes one the person one is. Your identity in this sense consists roughly of what makes you unique as an individual and different from others. Or it is the way you see or define yourself‚ or the network of values and convictions that structure your life. This individual identity is a property (or
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was Plato’s greatest student. One of his big contributions to philosophy was the theory of the four kinds of causes. Aristotle’s ideal state would be ruled by the virtuous citizens. Aristotle thinks that a state is an association for allowing each citizen to live well. What was Aristotle’s notion of friendship? It was broader than our modern notion of friendship. It was closer to the idea of people helping each other be virtuous. Aristotle thought the state had a duty to morally
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Religious Evolution Author(s): Robert N. Bellah Source: American Sociological Review‚ Vol. 29‚ No. 3 (Jun.‚ 1964)‚ pp. 358-374 Published by: American Sociological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2091480 . Accessed: 22/08/2011 01:52 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students
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