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agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

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

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

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...

were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

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...

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

in the right way. In order to do this, however, one must be able to determine, using ones reason, what those right ways and right ...

therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

away in the most inaccessible part of the abbeys labyrinthine library, where it remained for decades" (Essay on The Name of the Ro...

as an imitation of reality, "it holds a mirror up to nature" (Durant, 1961, p. 59). Aristotle notes that human beings find pleasur...

and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...

hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...

the personality traits by which he will be governed his whole life. Habits, then, can foster a good life by directing the person t...

to heart disease and diabetes (Webster, 1999). Thanks to biogenetics, in fact, researchers can grow human cells in the laboratory ...

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...

with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...

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

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

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

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...