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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...

works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

He created man and should do whatever it takes to support his development and sustenance. To that end, he saw it necessary to main...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...

in which truth is believed to derive chiefly from experience" (Nichols, 2003, p. 20). In order to explore his general theory, it p...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

they tend to see the world with blinders on. They may not be as sympathetic to another individual if they embrace a particular per...

that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

(Saxonhouse, 1998). This is something thought not to lead to violence, but rather to a profound gentleness (Saxonhouse, 1998). In ...

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

In fact, he suggests that work is done for the "sake of leisure" (267). More completely, Aristotle believed that it is important ...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

In five pages the concepts of luck and chance are defined, described, and then examined from an Aristotelian perspective with the ...

is counterfeit and he gets into trouble for using the cash. He gives it away freely and frequently and makes himself appear quite ...

human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

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...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...