Essays 721 - 750
and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...
on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...
not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...
were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...
who think that they are worthy of great things, but they are really unworthy of them, and that is pure vanity (PG). He goes on t...
one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...
just that mapping of reality that corresponds to the way things are" (25). Of course, many great philosophers, such as Descartes, ...
and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...
that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...
In five pages this painting is analyzed in terms of three aspects of the subject's psychological mood, light, and shadow which is ...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
In five pages the question 'How does acting virtuously increase one's capacity to act virtuously?' is examined within the context ...
Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...
audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...
works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...
In five pages this paper examines Hinckley's assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan in a consideration of how Aristotle ...
In five pages this paper discusses politics and man, vice, excellence, and ethics as depicted by Aristotle in Politics and compare...
In five pages this paper examines the individual rights' differences in opinion between Aristotle and Kant and considers how Kant ...
In nine pages these books for young adults are examined in terms of their similarities....
In three pages Homer's Penelope is compared with William Shakespeare's Desdemona in terms of Desdemona's simplicity and naivete in...
This paper addresses the many differences between artistic and commercial films. The author discusses differences in plots, chara...
In 5 pages this comparative analysis considers the power of visual images in these films and how war is told through manipulative ...
the age of twenty-nine Siddhartha left his wife and infant son, his palace, and renounced the world. He entered the homeless life...
In six pages Hinduism and Buddhism are compared in an informational overview with similarities and differences that exist between ...
a web page can be automatically formatted to a particular style. Of course, WordPerfect still operates on the "document" format a...
In three pages this essay compares the experiences of 1930s' freshmen as opposed to those of their 1990s' counterparts. There is ...
In eleven pages this 1925 case is examined in a presentation of each argument with dissenting view appearing more reasonable from ...