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The Christian Church and Aristotle's Science and Philosophy

In ten pages this report assesses Aristotle's philosophy in terms of the impact it had on the Christian religion. Five sources ar...

Rhetoric Perspectives of Aristotle and Richard Weaver

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares past and present rhetoric perspectives of Aristotle's pathos, logos, and ethos and...

Pride According to Aristotle

In an essay that consists of five pages Aristotle's lofty view of pride as the ultimate virtue is discussed within the context of ...

The Importance of Good in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

mean happiness, and he endeavored to prove the good for man by first considering what is perceived as being good, discussing its c...

Metaphysics As a Guide to Morals by Iris Murdoch

looked at in the context of history and of the study of philosophy. II. Metaphysics Metaphysics is an abstract part of philos...

President George W. Bush's National Cathedral Memorial Address and the Application of Aristotle's Rhetoric Theory

In a paper consisting of five pages Aristotle's three points of rhetoric are applied to the President's speech in terms of word pe...

The Ideal Constitution According to Aristotle

of the two or the rule of the inferior is always hurtful" (NA). In this we see an incredibly humane approach, as well as a humane ...

Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

A Comparison of Machiavellian and Aristotelian Ideas

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

Plato's Answer to the Question 'Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?:'

Republic, 2002). Therefore, according to this theory, knowledge of anything and understanding of anything comes from examination ...

Form and Justice Theories of Plato

the notion of justice. This was essentially defined as doing the right thing. We note that one of the characters in the Republic i...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Aristotle's Table of Virtues

the King that the murderer of Laius (the previous King) must be brought to justice. Oedipus swears he will go on this quest to fin...

Changing Times and Unchanging Philosophical Themes

youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...

Man as a Political Animal According to Aristotle

equals, a share of the government- no one will say that this is a democracy" (Aristotle Book 4, Part IV, p.PG). He goes on to expl...

Aristotle's Definition of a 'Tragic Hero' and the Deviation of William Shakespeare in His Play Othello

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

Tragedy as Defined in Death Of A Salesman and Aristotle

play, I think, and maybe that is what does it. We are faced with the spectacle of all that love being lost on someone who can t r...

Aristotle's Nature Study, Physics, and Analogy of Art Uses

successful in clarifying his principle of nature. In Aristotles "Physics" Book II first written in 350 B.C.E. he compare...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

Ethics: The Views of Aristotle and Kant

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

Would Aristotle Label Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Tragedy?

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

Othello as a Tragic Aristotelian Hero

in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...

Aristotle & Sermon On The Mount

happiness may not be found during our earthly lifetimes, rather, it is in our eternal life that our happiness will be gained. In ...

A Comparison of Orwell and Aristotle's Ideas

not have a voice, but it is also true that there are provisions for the people to participate in government. For Aristotle (1996...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

Issues For Salespersons - Persuasion, Manipulation, Ethics

the person to do what is right for themselves (Sager, 2009). With persuasion, the decision is clearly left to the consumer and the...

True Knowledge Concept of Plato

have merit, they are essentially inapplicable to our contemporary concerns regarding knowledge. In other words, while knowledge m...

Symposium by Plato and the Concept of Love

that the story being told is one that has been re-told so often that it is little more than hearsay, and it is from this "story of...

Soul Concepts of Plato

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...