Latonya R. Brand HIUS 221 Professor Daniel Christensen 16 July 2012 One of the over-arching themes in Franklin ’s Autobiography is that of self-improvement. Franklin intends for his own experience to serve as a model for others. Discuss key ways that Franklin presents his story as an illustration of self-improvement. Is he successful in the attempt? What motivates him toward this attempt? Does he strike you as a self-promoter or a genuinely benevolent man desirous of helping others?
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dialogue opens with Meno asking Socrates whether virtue can be imparted‚ or taught‚ with the two men dwelling on this question (alongside more central questions of what virtue is) for the entirety of the text. Within the text‚ Socrates tries to dichotomize an ethical term by inquisitively questioning an individual who believes to know the term’s denotation‚ but ultimately determines that neither he nor the "expert" really know what the word means. "Is virtue something that can be taught? Or does it come
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Water or nature: • Thales : the origin of all matter is water = Thales believed that the Earth floats on water and all things come to be from water. = that the earth rests on water (He explained his theory by said that the earth is at rest because it is of the nature of wood and similar substances which have the capacity to float on water‚ although not on air). = the water is forever Heraclitus : everything changing Dao (Daoism) : can be swirling within itself. Such motion is
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telos was a completion of self. It was believed that perfection of the goal‚ of self‚ is the same for all of us‚ that it was in our human nature. Arête was being or having excellence in life‚ having virtue. Arête would seem to be of more importance to Socrates because Socrates believed that virtue‚ or Arête‚ is knowledge‚ and one of the most important things when learning wisdom and knowledge is being able to know what you do not know. Socrates claims that you acquire wisdom and knowledge through
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By studying Plato’s views on the soul‚ virtues‚ and forms‚ one can understand his outlooks on the individual and natural purpose‚ or telos. Plato had a teleological worldview‚ so he believed everything in nature had an end‚ or purpose. In his famous Allegory of the Cave‚ along with the Sun and Line analogies‚ Plato outlines the spiritual and intellectual journey of a human from ignorance into goodness and knowledge‚ which symbolizes a human reaching his or her purpose. This essay will evaluate Plato’s
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defeat‚ and from this situation that public had began to doubt democracy as an effective form of government. The famous trial of Socrates is known to be an essential event‚ which revealed key themes to Socrates’ teachings and beliefs about moral and virtue. The Apology and Crito were fundamental to revealing those beliefs and played an important role in conveying Socrates’ position on living a meaningful life of moral worth; through those documents we can see that his grasps on his beliefs were firm
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a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. His ideal person practices the "golden mean of moderation." He believed that this moral virtue‚ of which happiness comes from‚ is a matter of avoiding extremes in behavior and finding the mean between them. Aristotle conceives happiness not primarily as an exercise of virtue in private or with friends‚ but as
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As the discussion on defining happiness thickens in the Republic‚ Socrates starts comparing the makings of a good city to a good soul as a way to successfully segue into explaining what the true meaning of happiness is. He explains that a well-functioning city is equivalent to happiness. If a city is stable and flourishing‚ then the city as a whole would be happy and the citizens would also be happy‚ especially if they are free from any internal or external conflicts. Though some can argue that there
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development tend toward the end point of living within a political community. Aristotle states that man is born with practical wisdom and virtue at his disposal. In order to utilize his wisdom and virtue most effectively‚ he would use them according to the law and justice. Justice is a feature of the state. Therefore‚ organizing a political community with the virtue of justice for people to participate in is the best way according to Aristotle. Aristotle argues that certain people lack the rationality
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root that means “engraved”. In the book says that character is the composite of virtues and values etched in that living stone‚ will define its true worth. In my point of view character is directly related to personality‚ which means the way to act. Character is the sum of virtue‚ vices and habits. God can teach us virtue‚ but we must want it. The word virtue derives from the Latin word for strength so‚ that means virtue is the strength of character. A man’s character is his fate – Heraclitus. When
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