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end. The tragic nature of the story does rely on the supposition that Othello is indeed propelled to do something because he is ...

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

in the right way. In order to do this, however, one must be able to determine, using ones reason, what those right ways and right ...

on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...

dramatic action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(El...

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

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

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

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

were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...

behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

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...

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 ...

hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...

agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

84). However, Socrates is willing to concede that an individual can desire an evil thing if he mistakenly first evaluates it as go...

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

Olympic Games that the Greeks initiated. On the other hand, most of the Greek citizens were obliged to labor for the purpos...

right or correct, or is there something about that action itself that God recognizes, and for this reason declares the action corr...

of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...