Polis

that common people are depicted as individuals for the first time at the Parthenon frieze was owed to the fact that for the first time in history every citizen of a city was recognized as a significant entity and a considerable moving force in the polis and the observable universe.” The removal of the Parthenon eliminated the element that unified Greece as a city. The Parthenon provided for the storytelling tradition that was part of Greek…

BUNGAY, Blessie Klarriz C. 2PHL1 What is the real object of happiness? The Augustinian notion of Eudaimonia Abstract As St. Augustine explained his notion on truth and wisdom, he argues that one can attain his/her desired happy life, stated that as one can attain it with the help of the notion of supreme good, wisdom, and truth, one has to attain the three before the latter, which is the happy life. In this paper, I would like to argue on how St. Augustine answers through his notion of Happy…

The Telemachy serves as a prelude to, or a microcosm of Homer 's epic poem, 'The Odyssey '. The entire narrative sequence of these first four books foreshadows the inevitable fate of Odysseus despite his adventures actually taking place twenty years before Telemachos ' cathartic experience with the suitors. The epic narrative serves as a bridge between the stories of Telemachos and Odysseus; Telemachos must partake on a quest to gain wisdom and will face many struggles on his way. Almost in a…

Homers’ epic, the Iliad, is the earliest written account of Greek warfare composed circa 750 BC. In his epic, Homer describes a style of warfare that, at first glance, appears to be alien to hoplite warfare that was present in the 5th-century BC. However, there is literary evidence in the Iliad that might contest that. Additionally, recent archaeological discoveries reinforce the idea that hoplite warfare may not be as clear cut as convention suggests. While Homeric and hoplite warfare may not…

Nick Courto Ms. Nugent English 10 H period 4 14 April 2016 A Well-Lived Life in Accordance with Aristotle’s Theory of Ethics Like his predecessors Plato and Socrates, Aristotle subscribed to the philosophical mindset that a well-lived life is driven by ethics and virtue. A person’s virtue would be declared through acts such as fairness, bravery, and tolerance. These are just a few of the many virtues he believed that a good person should possess. The appropriate utilization of such actions of…

When John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice emerged into the realm of political philosophy in 1971, it not only breathed life into modern-day liberalism but it also inspired the rise of sharp criticism, as philosophy often is wont to do, from different political morals. Included in that mo-saic of contrasting views is modern-day communitarianism. Drawing primarily upon the insights from renowned philosophers Aristotle and Hegel, communitarians place a greater emphasis on the role of the community in…

In her assessment of Gilbert Hernandez’ seminal work, Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, Jennifer Glaser makes a number of claims about the ultimate meaning behind the work and how it relates to the larger work of transnational authors. Glaser asserts that Palomar is an important piece of transnational exploration; Through the lens of the somewhat mystical town of Palomar,Hernandez explores race, gender, class and the still unfolding effects of cultural imperialism. Glaser also argues that…

It has been said “ancient political theory held that the purpose of politics was to cultivate the virtue, or moral excellence of citizens.” This is a claim made by Aristotle ultimately saying that he believes the goal of the government or “polis” is to teach what it means to be good similarly to how a parent teaches a child in order to promote happiness for all. As individuals, the identities that we possess are ultimately comprised in large by the social ties that we make. Our identical make up…

To understand the process of ageing as a mass phenomenon and the attempt to break away from the existing structures of the normative and stereotypes, one needs to understand the constant tension between the personal narrative and the cultural narrative, what Hannah Zeiling calls as the meta -narrative. A life course in today’s typical gen industrial world is preeminently structured. It includes the age based transitions recorded and legitimized by the state which further authenticate certain…

Martin J. Dougherty states in the Celts: The History and Legacy of one of the oldest cultures in Europe that the Celts “…were far more complex than at first it might appear” (13). The birth place of Celts came from Keltoi which has been created from the Greeks, except another term they are called as is barbarians, by none other than the Romans (19). These Keltoi’s, barbarians, Celts, or however you decide to call them, are being hired by the Greeks for their mercenary skills to help the Greeks…