The Art of Attaining the Good Life Sarah J. Thieme PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Professor Galen Johnson January 28‚ 2013 The Art of Attaining the Good Life What is the good life and how does one achieve it? This is a question that has been brought to the attention of many philosophers over human history. It can be reasonably argued that the modern person‚ especially westerners‚ consider income to be an important part to living the good life. There is little question anymore that income
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A life that is just constantly happy would eventually get boring because we wouldn’t appreciate how wonderful it is‚ it would all feel the same eventually. Plus‚ without having some sadness in our lives‚ how could we truly know the meaning of real happiness. Constant happiness would be like living like a robot. So‚ I agreed with Professor George Lowenstein that in his statement ‘A life that was constantly happy was not a good life’. My experience and adventures called life in its whole
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been exploring the nature in order to find the universal law explaining nature phenomena. Explore nature require observation and mathematical interpretation. As I understand the achievements of scientists‚ my way of interpreting science has changed. Plato (428-348 B.C.) used the ‘Allegory of Cave’ illustrated the theory of ‘Ideas and Forms’ in Republica : there are world of forms and sensible world. “The senses are chains that tie us down; the route to knowledge is through philosophical reflection”
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Shadows are casted onto a wall in front of the prisoners and they make out what the shadows are and start to believe different things. They know nothing but these shadows and truly do believe they are real. This story applied very much to the world of Plato and still applies to the world today. Socrates responds that getting to know isn’t always a count number of coming across some thing new but alternatively of recollecting something the soul knew earlier than delivery however has since forgotten
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Cicero said that "justice is a habit of the soul‚ observed in the common interest‚ which gives every man his due." According to that‚ justice‚ unlike other virtues (be it liberty‚ piety‚ respect or whatever)‚ comprises only the inter-individual relations . Consequently‚ justice pursues both individual development and social good. Justice as a universal virtue which encompasses other virtues‚ is above the law. It requires not doing any harm to anyone and "using common things as common‚ private possessions
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Pursuing Piety Euthyphro is a text written by Plato‚ about a debate between Socrates and Euthyphro on the subject of piety and holiness‚ rich with Socratic irony‚ Socrates pretends to be clueless on the subject and asks Euthyphro what his thoughts are on the subject of piety and what makes an action pious‚ however Euthyphro starts digging himself a bigger and bigger hole even though he initially posed as almost an expert on piety‚ Socrates finally shows him how ignorant he truly is on the subject
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example‚ before a nurse gives a real injection‚ they have punctured many a piece of fruit to hone their technique. Accuracy as Well as Fluency It might also be argued that the extent of some of the structures or functions may never be used in real life. One example is adjective order; I have given students an exercise where they have to produce a phrase with a string of adjectives‚ such as "a strong‚ orange‚ Norwegian‚ canvas tent." This is very unnatural‚ as most times we only combine two or three
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assignment. First option: You can write an essay paper in a rather classic style by selecting one of the listed topics in part b. If you decide to do the first option‚ you are required to pick one of the listed topics and write a philosophical essay according to the description provided for each topic. Second option: You can conduct a philosophical project and write an essay on the findings of the project. For this option‚ you need to become an “undercover philosopher” and interview 5 different people
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The Life worth Living Hey what’s up Erick‚ long time no talk. I haven’t spoken to you since the Graduation party you had at your house. That was a great party and it was cool that you got Kid Cudi to perform at your party. I remember that you were always the one in the group who always had to have the newest Jordan’s and expensive clothes. I attend LaGuardia Community College and I’m currently enrolled in an intro to Philosophy class and I have to say it has changed my perspective on life. In the
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The views of Plato and Aristotle are different but to some extent similar. Plato was mostly known for Theory of Forms and Aristotle was basically known for his thoughts in metaphysics. Even though they both thought a bit differently they did agree in a few things‚ for instance‚ Plato and Aristotle not only impacted social life in the past but the future‚ in fact some still use it in today’s society. Plato was a student of Socrate’s. He founded the first University called Academy in the year 387
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