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Human Nature and the Views of Augustine and Aristotle

In a report that consists of ten pages human nature is examined in a contrasting and comparison of Augustine's and Aristotle's phi...

Galilean Science, Ptolemy, and Aristotle Viewed from the Perspective of Karl Popper

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

Adam Smith and Aristotle on Social Relations and Economics

as acceptable. If the issue in question happens to be acceptable to two-thirds of the population (upper class elitists), it is hi...

Aristotle's Legal Defense of a Guilty Man

and then define the perfect solution to problems that might arise. Aristotle claimed that: "I have gained this from philosophy: I ...

Historically Accurate Staging of William Shakespeare's Comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream

Athens and the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. Although the setting is Athens, Shakespeare originally staged the production at the Globe ...

Relationship Between Adolescence and Horror Films

In five pages this paper considers Aristotle's genre definition and the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud in this examinatio...

Aristotle's Rhetoric

In five pages this paper examines oppression and the deliberative argument as featured in Aristotle's Rhetoric. Five sources are ...

Do the Politics of Aristotle Reflect the Political System of Today?

In a paper that consists of five pages Aristotle's strong emphasis upon moral conduct in political leadership is compared with the...

'The Mean' Meaning According to Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's concept of 'the mean' is discussed in terms of a balanced universe comprised fo form and matter and the ...

The Contributions of Aristotle

dubbed "De caelo" which translates to "Of the Heavens" (PG). In general, theories of cosmology, which is a branch of metaphysics...

God According to Socrates and Aristotle

In five pages this paper discusses the philosophies of God as espoused by Socrates and Aristotle in a comparison and contrast of A...

God, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Virtue According to Descartes and Aristotle

In nine pages specific questions are answered regarding Aristotle's position on happiness, virtue, knowledge, and wisdom, and then...

Happiness as Interpreted by Aristotle

In seven pages Aristotle's view that happiness was a concept of being as opposed to being determined by external things is examine...

Tragedy in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

have so much to offer is a sad state of affairs. Laura is Amandas daughter. Laura also is forced to...

Chance, Luck, Demonstrative Knowledge, Substance and Aristotle

In two pages this paper is formatted to answer three questions regarding Aristotle's ideas on causes and classifications through a...

How “Oedipus Rex” Fulfills Aristotle’s Concepts of Tragedy

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Religion and Philosophy

truth that transcends the traditional means of understanding or knowing. For Aquinas, reason does have limitations. He writes: "N...

Communities Define Our Lives

college because they love learning, or want to get a good job, or are fascinated by a particular field. Many of them are there to ...

Willy Loman, Not a Tragic Hero

of Willys character shows him to be a highly flawed man, who makes innumerable mistakes and brings about his own tragic demise by ...

The Man Who Turned Into a Stick by Kobo Abe

within the play. CHARACTER - the personality or the part an actor represents in a play; a role played by an actor in a play" (Aris...

Miller’s Death of a Salesman/A Greek Tragedy

of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...

Aristotle and Plato Critiquing Education

as people do want to know things and understand (1995). Both theorists do view education as important and place a particular empha...

The Political Ideas of Aristotle

does seem that Aristotle aligned his thought about political order with the spiritual more than the practical. His ideas about the...

An Ethical Argument on the Abortion Issue

that school. He points out that the insight that Aristotle provides in "On the Soul" and "On the Generation of Animals" serves as...

Is Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman a Tragedy?

In six pages this essay evaluates Miller's play based upon Aristotle's tragic components to conclude that Death of a Salesman is i...

The Mind in De Anima by Aristotle

a longer period of time, which serves to dilute the effectiveness of presence and the experiences intensity. With the sensation o...

The Concept of 'Freedom' of Choice as Perceived by Epictetus, Epicurus, and Aristotle

be regarded as involuntary because it is not externally rooted in another person; but it is irrational and therefore not represent...

Aristotle's Perspectives on Evil

originally? Even if it is passed on to future generations, or victims, it has to come form somewhere. While some say it is origina...

Aquinas, Aristotle and Mil's Views on the Law

John Stuart Mill presented his take on the law in On Liberty. This paper contrasts his view with Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics an...

Tragic Heroes King Oedipus and King Lear

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...