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    Perhaps the greatest strand of continuity between Aristotle and Galen (and between the ancient Greco-Roman tradition and the early Christian tradition) is their one-sex model/discourse surrounding gender; both of these thinkers believe that the female is an inverted and imperfect version of the male. In other words‚ the female is a deficient male and/or a male gone wrong. This is largely evident in Galen’s writing as he states “all the parts that men have have women have too..in women the parts are

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    Lastly‚ one of the many well-known philosophers in history‚ is Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)‚ who believed in more of a natural institution. Aristotle was heavily influenced by Plato‚ but disagreed with some aspects of his philosophy. However‚ Aristotle agreed with Plato’s theory‚ in which humans are political animals‚ but what sets humans different from animals‚ is that humans can reason. Hence‚ this forces people to live according to their reason rather than their passions. The downside of this ideology

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    Socrates Vs Plato

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    Republic‚ Plato uses his writing to express different opinions‚ through the conversations of Socrates and other characters. Towards the beginning of Republic‚ Socrates says that people believe others don’t “feel” old if they are rich and wealthy and not because they have a disposition to happiness. Socrates is pointing out that people value wealth and believe that being rich is the key to a happy life rather than having the disposition to look at life with happiness always. Another point Plato believes

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    In Schopenhauer’s view‚ whose will is at work when two people fall in love? What reasons does Schopenhauer give for this view? In Schopenhauer’s view it is the will of the unborn baby which is at work when two people fall in love. The baby’s will is born when two lovers meet. The real aim of love’s romance‚ although the persons concerned are unconscious of the fact‚ is that a particular being may come into the world. Romantic love is nature’s way of selected breeding.. It makes you think‚ that

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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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    Platos Apology

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    Plato’s Apology is a narrative of the famous speech of Socrates that is made during his trial. Instead of apologizing‚ Socrates attempts to defend himself and his actions. He is put on trial due to his accusations of corrupting Athens‚ not acknowledging the same gods as the state‚ and creating new gods. During his dialogue‚ Socrates remains very calm and speaks with honesty. He focuses on what is said rather than his manner of speech. When he is first presented in from of the jury‚ Socrates asks

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    Plato vs. Nietzsche

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    Johnny Lee Plato versus Nietzsche The central ideas that two great philosophers‚ Plato and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ talked about were the reality and appearance; and what they mainly focused on is where we as humans stand between these two. Of course‚ regarding the fact that Plato and Nietzsche lived in different time periods‚ they had their differences that conflict with each other’s theories. But they do have something to agree upon; they both argue that humans live in an illusory world of our

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    Aristotle S Four Causes

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    Aristotle‚ differing from Plato‚ believed that by observation we could explain the world and all matter. Aristotle refuted Plato’s idea of having an absolute explanation. Aristotle’s approach‚ empiricism‚ is the foundation of science. Empiricism is the use of the five senses to observe objects and gain knowledge. Aristotle observed that the world was constantly changing‚ a movement from potentiality to actuality. One of Aristotle’s examples‚ whiteness‚ shows that something that is ‘not white’ has

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    would point to an equally vast array of answers. Instead of this‚ Kant saw that morality should be a constant‚ similar to the discipline of mathematics‚ which would provide the same answer for all of humankind. Through his work Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant establishes his supreme moral

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    Thrasymachus Vs Plato

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    moral? This is the question that Plato has tried to answer in the passages from his famous work the Republic. He has attempted to explain how humans can define and live morally‚ a task that is truly complicated and uncertain. It is important to identify morality because it plays a crucial role in formulating ethical theories. As Socrates states‚ "we are discussing no small matter‚ but how we ought to live." In his writings he has describes two contrasting views of the important issue that is ultimately

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