Aristotle once said that, “All men by nature require to know” , and this quote cannot be better embodied by Aristotle himself than anyone else. The reason why I think this is because Aristotle would sink his teeth into any discipline he dedicated himself too, this not only made him influential in classical philosophy but also modern philosophy, this is evident since his philosophies are still discussed today.
Aristotle was very versatile, but for the purpose of this essay I will look at the view that he held on human nature which he interwove with his idea of virtue theory. In this essay I will focus around the concept of human nature that Aristotle held and use other more recent philosophers to show that his view was not only linked to Athenian …show more content…
These points help to support Plato’s theory on human nature which can be found in the ‘The Republic’. Plato claims that by nature man was corrupted by power, and was irrational as well as blind to actual knowledge but his last point on man being hedonistic supports Aristotle’s claim. This shows that there is a possibility that Freud’s claim was greatly influenced by both ancient Greek …show more content…
Later there is a much more intense argument that suggests human nature is truly hedonistic . This claim is now further explain when he claims that we chase after our natural impulses which seek pleasure, which makes us hedonistic, but because we are corrupted and misguided to the point that we keep falling deeper and deeper into the trap and make ourselves immoral. This point brings us back to Plato’s claim of human nature, that vices as well as power corrupt us. This shows that both Aristotle and Plato both agree on the point that it is human nature to be corrupted, but Aristotle does believe that by habituation among the virtues we can fight this part of our nature. In short man is a creature that is born amoral with many hedonistic impulses that if are uncontrolled can and will directly plunge us into a life of immorality, unless we educated ourselves properly on were we should seek
Aristotle was very versatile, but for the purpose of this essay I will look at the view that he held on human nature which he interwove with his idea of virtue theory. In this essay I will focus around the concept of human nature that Aristotle held and use other more recent philosophers to show that his view was not only linked to Athenian …show more content…
These points help to support Plato’s theory on human nature which can be found in the ‘The Republic’. Plato claims that by nature man was corrupted by power, and was irrational as well as blind to actual knowledge but his last point on man being hedonistic supports Aristotle’s claim. This shows that there is a possibility that Freud’s claim was greatly influenced by both ancient Greek …show more content…
Later there is a much more intense argument that suggests human nature is truly hedonistic . This claim is now further explain when he claims that we chase after our natural impulses which seek pleasure, which makes us hedonistic, but because we are corrupted and misguided to the point that we keep falling deeper and deeper into the trap and make ourselves immoral. This point brings us back to Plato’s claim of human nature, that vices as well as power corrupt us. This shows that both Aristotle and Plato both agree on the point that it is human nature to be corrupted, but Aristotle does believe that by habituation among the virtues we can fight this part of our nature. In short man is a creature that is born amoral with many hedonistic impulses that if are uncontrolled can and will directly plunge us into a life of immorality, unless we educated ourselves properly on were we should seek