Essays 691 - 720
in which truth is believed to derive chiefly from experience" (Nichols, 2003, p. 20). In order to explore his general theory, it p...
by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...
parallels between the relationship of the monarch to his people and the statesmen to the free citizen. Similarly, Aristotle also...
of politics, it is important to provide contemporary and recognizable examples. With that in mind, one can say that politics has n...
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one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...
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,...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
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...
and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...
happens, people fail to achieve happiness and feel only increased levels of stress (Morris, 1997). If businesses incorporated Ar...
Aristotle also proposed that the "idea of a perfect statue" is already in the marble and that the marble itself seeks to realize ...
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...
believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...
that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...
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...
tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...
existing moral standard. This fact should be kept in mind in understanding that for Aristotle whether a certain kind of behavior w...
theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...
a bad man or above humanity; he is like the Tribeless, lawless, hearthless one,whom Homer denounces- the natural outcast is forthw...
discover) the truth or falsity of propositions about past and present events, propositions about the future seem problematic. If a...
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