Various Philosopher contributed in shaping the pillars of our society. Influencing politics, government, religion, science, culture, language and much more. Furthermore, these philosophers came from the different sectors but offer idiosyncratic ideas. Two of the prominent philosophers are Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle is known to be the father of biology and politics, while St. Thomas Aquinas is known to be the greatest theologian-philosopher in medieval time. In addition, Aristotle is considered to be an outstanding philosopher, influencing different thinkers to their ideas, one of them is St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Thomas Aquinas’ works is trying to incorporate the teachings of Aristotle and the doctrines of the church. Consequently,
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A current issue with the Philippine society is the change of government. President Duterte's plan is to change the democratic government of the Philippine and aligned it to France's federal parliamentary government (Cayabyab, 2016). Likewise, the two philosophers, Aristotle, and St. Thomas Aquinas, is sharing common perception towards democracy. In Aristotle's "The Politics", he scrutinized the ideology, 'Democracy', concluding that those ‘many’ who control the government only benefit themselves. In addition, St. Thomas Aquinas, as a huge fan of Aristotle, described democracy as people pursue their self-interest and not in God’s will (Wayne, 2011). However, regarding the Philippine society, Democracy in the Philippines have been considered ideal through the years. Philippine, praised worldwide, as a pioneer non-violent people power revolution in East Asia or the people power revolution on 1986 (Zunes, 2003). Practicing the power of masses over the government. Although, the contemporary Philippine society manifests the view of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas regarding ‘Democracy', resulting in various issues. The burial of the former president and Dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the “Libingan ng mga Bayani” is one of it. Martial law is one of the darkest time in the Philippine history. However, the administration demands the burial of the former president and dictator. In the campaign period of Pres. Duterte, he had mentioned, while visiting Ilocos, that he would be allowing the burial of Former Pres. Marcos in the "Libingan ng mga Bayani" (Ranada, 2016). Thus, numerous mobilizations are conducted from Luzon to Mindanao, in order to stop the Marcos burial (Rappler.com, 2016). Albeit these mobilizations of the masses, the burial still took place. This mirrors that even with the aversion of the masses, if the people who are in control of power wishes so, it would
A current issue with the Philippine society is the change of government. President Duterte's plan is to change the democratic government of the Philippine and aligned it to France's federal parliamentary government (Cayabyab, 2016). Likewise, the two philosophers, Aristotle, and St. Thomas Aquinas, is sharing common perception towards democracy. In Aristotle's "The Politics", he scrutinized the ideology, 'Democracy', concluding that those ‘many’ who control the government only benefit themselves. In addition, St. Thomas Aquinas, as a huge fan of Aristotle, described democracy as people pursue their self-interest and not in God’s will (Wayne, 2011). However, regarding the Philippine society, Democracy in the Philippines have been considered ideal through the years. Philippine, praised worldwide, as a pioneer non-violent people power revolution in East Asia or the people power revolution on 1986 (Zunes, 2003). Practicing the power of masses over the government. Although, the contemporary Philippine society manifests the view of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas regarding ‘Democracy', resulting in various issues. The burial of the former president and Dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the “Libingan ng mga Bayani” is one of it. Martial law is one of the darkest time in the Philippine history. However, the administration demands the burial of the former president and dictator. In the campaign period of Pres. Duterte, he had mentioned, while visiting Ilocos, that he would be allowing the burial of Former Pres. Marcos in the "Libingan ng mga Bayani" (Ranada, 2016). Thus, numerous mobilizations are conducted from Luzon to Mindanao, in order to stop the Marcos burial (Rappler.com, 2016). Albeit these mobilizations of the masses, the burial still took place. This mirrors that even with the aversion of the masses, if the people who are in control of power wishes so, it would