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Plato and Aristotle on Good

idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...

Ideas on Society Through a Comparative Analysis of the Ideas of Aristotle and Plato

rich this indicates why he sees a democracy as a deviant state as it is argued that the poor will be the dominant influence on the...

Making Ethical Decisions and Justice

In seven pages the process of making ethical decisions is discussed in terms of the definitions provided in The Holy Bible and The...

The 'Elemental' Difference in the Views of Plato and Aristotle

In five pages these philosophers' views on the physical elements of fire, water, earth, and air are contrasted and compared. Five...

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

In eight pages this paper examines these 3 primary Greek philosophers in a contrast and comparison of their similarities and diffe...

Differences Between Teacher Plato and Student Aristotle

In 5 pages these 2 Greek philosophers are contrasted in terms of their teaching differences. There are 4 sources cited in the bib...

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

MacIntyre, Dependent Rational Animals

the fact that humanity discounts its relationship to the natural world, but then MacIntyre shows how "even someone as perceptive a...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

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...

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...

Ethics: The Views of Aristotle and Kant

life, white lies can protect people from hurt feelings. They can be used to motivate others to do good things. There are sometimes...

Issues For Salespersons - Persuasion, Manipulation, Ethics

the person to do what is right for themselves (Sager, 2009). With persuasion, the decision is clearly left to the consumer and the...

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...

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 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...

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...

Othello as a Tragic Aristotelian Hero

in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...

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 ...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

A Civic Project

in membership in many different kinds of social and civil organizations over the last two generations (Putnam, 1995). The decline ...

A Comparison of Orwell and Aristotle's Ideas

not have a voice, but it is also true that there are provisions for the people to participate in government. For Aristotle (1996...

Work Relationships From an Aristotelian View

When examining ethical theory and philosophies of hope, happiness is often at the forefront. It seems that the goal of most people...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

Happiness as found in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

make rash judgments. Also, there could very well be exceptions to this happiness rule. Why did Aristotle believe that reason is eq...

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...

The Influence of Ancient Literature on Dante's Writing

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

Happiness According to Aristotle

wisdom is real. Hence, there exists an objective, intrinsic morality. There is a right and wrong after all. Of course, determining...

Tragedy Concepts

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

Happiness and Morality According to Aristotle

a context that is relative to his life. Aristotle believed that "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue." Ar...