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assignment to the highest post in the state which could be obtained by a commoner such as himself (Owen, 1997). In...

Poetics by Aristotle is used as a springboard for this topic. Aristotle's take on tragedy is the focus of this paper. This five ...

also be allowed to have their own private property. In Aristotles belief, man is inherently born sinful. Because of this ...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

what is real and what is perceived, and the one is not dependent on the other. Naturalism states that it is the laws of nature whi...

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

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

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

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

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

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

virtue, i.e., justice, but it is also included under Aquinas discussion of love, specifically under love of ones neighbor, for Go...

This 5 page paper explores the concepts of virtue and self-discipline and how self-discipline applies to virtue in Toni Morrison's...

In this paper consisting of five pages the philosophy MacIntyre describes in 'After Virtue' is applied to the ethics of academic d...

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views of these ancient philosophers regarding the patience virtue. There are ...

so morality, for Aristotle is defined by mans choices towards ethical virtue (1098a16). In Book II of "Nicomachean Ethics," Ari...

In five pages this paper examines a hypothetical contemporary dialogue between these 3 philosophers on how daily life features vir...

In five pages virtues and their relativity are debated by Aristotelian philosophy and an argument by Martha Nussbaum featured in ...

and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

In seven pages Popper's falsification and verification comparison along with Schlick's theory on verification are examined in this...

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

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

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

what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of re-presentative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated i...

life fulfillment and that a disabled individual should be allowed to die because their quality of life will not allow them to find...

and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...

reach the real world, they are rudely awakened to the fact that life is nothing like it had been portrayed in the well-worn fairy ...