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Essays 301 - 330
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...
on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...
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 ...
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,...
attempt to free themselves. What he has realized is that what they had seen all along on the wall of the cave were mere representa...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
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...
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...
to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...
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 the construction company wants to get on with their job of building whatever. Henry David Thoreau, in Walden Pond, written i...
perfect, despite what we observe. Forms are beyond this material world, for nothing that we can grasp in this world is perfect."3 ...
In a paper consisting of seven pages the philosopher Bonnette is compared with Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle in the contention that...
a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...
theory is brought forth numerous times throughout Aristotles well-read and well-quoted Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotles vie...
support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...
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...
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 ...
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...