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distinguishes between the activities of the practical and intellectual virtues, with the activities of political virtue having a s...

This paper discusses Richard Kraut's commentary on the intellectual elitism of Aristotle an defines virtue in this overview of Ari...

and we would be thinking about the idea of "why" something is the way it is. Another way to look at the thoughts of Aristotle is t...

In ten pages this tutorial paper imagines a lively dialogue between political philosophers including St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle...

a body" (Aristotle), Plato illustrates his inability to see beyond mankinds mortal connection, opting instead to focus upon a deci...

is supplemented by innate elements of the intellect (DeLouth, 2002). This theory keyed into the nature-nurture debate. Skipping ...

a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...

education (267). One might say that the stance is rather snobbish, but many do separate vocational and academic curriculums. They ...

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...

of science there are two branches which are epistemology and metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). Science makes up an important part of ...

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

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...

who will eventually hold office and decide what to pursue in respect to issues like abortion, stem cell research and capital punis...

Ulman, 2005, PG). In order to construct a successful argument for a particular position, therefore, one has to first amass th...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

In five pages this paper examines how Plato, Aristotle, and Immanuel Kant define political thinking. Six sources are cited in the...

and ones existence. To reach true happiness, Plato contended that people must strive for a contentment that only comes from being...

for, but for which there were certainly problems. People too easily give up on it. In his work entitled The History of the Pelopon...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

will is responsible for the subsequent chain of events. Therein is the problem of free will. If it in fact exists, how...

In five pages the perceptions of classical philosophers Machiavelli, Plato, and Aristotle are applied to defense management's ethi...

of fire (The New York Times, 2008). He lived during the late fifth century BC (The New York Times, 2008). The Eleatic school for i...

Despite her poor reception by those that disagree with her philosophically, Costello makes many valid points about animal rights. ...

In ten pages this paper considers how Plato and Aristotle viewed the polis rulership concept. Eight sources are cited in the bibl...

VI of "Nicomachean Ethics", goodness under the concept presented by Plato suggests almost an unattainable element, and it was Aris...

In ten pages this paper refers to the writings of Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plato in a consideration of past and present politica...

top the list. The Catholic Church is often quoted as having said, "Give me a child until he is seven and he will always be Catholi...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

In eight pages this paper examines how the views of Aristotle and Plato on God's existence, poetics, and forms concepts differed. ...