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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...

Aristotle and the Role of Moral Education

Aristotle manages to come up with a provisional definition (Book II, Ch. 6, 1107a): Aret? is a state or condition of soul that is ...

A Look at Aristotle's View on the Educated Mind

weight, how to raise children properly and so forth. The majority of people are not much interested in deeper issues. One may rel...

How Aristotle Opposes Plato's Attack on Poetry

the lyrics in modern songs, and in essence, the poets of today are Eminem and Jay Zee and Beyonce. Lyrics to emanate from these ar...

An Analysis of Causation

When it comes to the beginning of the world, scientists have different theories. Yet, in order to answer questions about beginning...

Would Aristotle Label Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a Tragedy?

audience" (66). The reversal refers to a reversal in fortune, which Aristotle believed was classically represented in a fall from...

The Politics of Aristotle's Text

government- no one will say that this is a democracy" (Aristotle Book 4, Part IV, p.PG). He goes on to explain that if the poor w...

Abortion and the Philosophies of David Hume and Aristotle

In a report consisting of eight pages abortion is examined within the context of David Hume's utilitarian philosophy and Aristotle...

Virtue and Vice According to Aristotle

code will represent, and who is to say that all cultures and all communities must follow it? Clearly, defining ethics is to defin...

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...

The Uncommon Man's Tragedy and Aristotle

nations, and they did not attract the attention of the gods. In the past few centuries, on the other hand, we have ample examples...

Analysis of Aristotle's Mathematical Contributions

In five pages Aristotle's mathematical contributions are analyzed in terms of its scientific advancements and logical method throu...

A Comparison of Machiavellian and Aristotelian Ideas

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

Aristotle's Perspectives on Genetic Engineering's Ethics

In four pages Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics are applied to an examination of genetic engineering. Two sources are cited in the b...

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...