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Essays 601 - 630
The contributions of Aristotle to contemporary thought is presented in this overview consisting of four pages. Seven sources are ...
In six pages virtue as defined by the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato and their continuity are examined. There are 5 sources ...
In five pages these philosophers' views on ethics are contrasted and compared as represented by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics an...
if it is taken outside of the context of societal situations. For Nozick, justice is more clearly a function of societal roles a...
However, Allen also makes the point that Platos attitude was at least partially due to his respect and fear of the powers of art o...
hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
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...
right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...
to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...
Plato emphasizes the importance of maintaining self control in the face of eros, the importance of purging the passions of the fle...
theory of "seeing is believing" and that something must be touched in order to be a reality. According to Goellnitz, one s...
the society and, subsequently, from the self. Sartres concept of alienation was certainly different from Marxs. Of course, Mar...
Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
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...
agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...
wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...
one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
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...
the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...
behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...
were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...
not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...
of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...
on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...
a bad man or above humanity; he is like the Tribeless, lawless, hearthless one,whom Homer denounces- the natural outcast is forthw...