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Aristotle and Aquinas on Beauty

He created man and should do whatever it takes to support his development and sustenance. To that end, he saw it necessary to main...

Friendship According to Aristotle

me to the airport as an appropriate use of your resources (your time and your car), given our relationship and the circumstances i...

Aristotle and Rene Descartes Define Philosophy

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Unique Pride Concept of Aristotle

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

Aristotle and John Stuart Mill on Virtue

is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...

What is Law?

virtue by the wayside. Virtuous men and women are well behaved. Aristotle makes a good point. For this theorist, virtue is learned...

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

The Problem of Isolation as Evaluated by Existentialist Philosophers

is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...

Aristotle, Mill and Anakin Skywalker

the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....

Contemporary Drama/2 New Plays & Aristotle

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

Cicero & Rhetoric

role in eloquent speech. Another similarity is that Cicero, like Aristotle, believes that an effective orator is a person of high ...

Aristotle & Hume On Ethics

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

Questions on Aristotle and Hobbes

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

The Mean and Experience in Aristotle

works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...

Theories of Tragedy from Aristotle to Freud

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

Miller's Death of a Salesman

tumbles into despair. All the while, he treats his wife and sons quite negatively. This is not an uncommon scenario. A man has tro...

The Western Tradition of Psychology

Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...

Analyzing Othello

a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...

Ruling Passions by Simon Blackburn and an Expressivism Analysis

therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...

Character and Good Reasoning

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 ...

Epicurean Concepts of 'Ataraxia' and Aristotelian Concepts of 'Human Good,' 'The Best Good,' and 'Function Argument'

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

An Othello Analysis

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

TV Viewing's Pros and Cons

and other shows have introduced a world of learning to toddlers and the preschool set. There are educational shows for adults and ...

Aristotelian Ethics and Groundhog Day

with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...

Ethics and Biogenetics

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

Egoism, Altruism, and Moral Development

the personality traits by which he will be governed his whole life. Habits, then, can foster a good life by directing the person t...

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

womens lives were a measurement in comparison to these male priorities and values. The life of a woman, in other words, was that ...

Scientific Knowledge Foundations

and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...

Narrative Self Concepts of Paul Ricoeur

Marcel, Heidegger, Aristotle and Kant(Thompson 1981). Ricoeur believes that in order to get to the bottom line, which is to know o...