Works by Aristotle

Nate Gershon Intro to Philosophy Professor Skedzielewski Take a Stand Essay Plato and Nietzsche both are tremendous philosophers and writers in their own right, they both present claims and arguments on topics that some may disagree with. Their premises and conclusions on any topic can end up being viewed subjectively as understandable, probable, or debatable. After concluding each of their books, Plato’s Republic and Genealogy of Morals, claims on topics like the soul, justice,…

Republic, that an ideal state should not allow artists and their works. He states his reason for this as the fact that artists counterfeit ideas from nature. He believes that all things exist in a most pure form, an “essence,” that humans base all other copies of such an object off of. “Then if he does not make that which exists he cannot make true existence, but only some semblance of existence; and if any one were to say that the work of the maker of the bed, or of any other workman, has real…

In Book I of Plato’s, the Republic, the question is asked of what justice truly is. After Socrates has a long discussion, poking holes in the argument that justice is giving a man what he is owed, Thrasymachus bursts forward and offers a definition of justice that is contradictory in itself. Whereas I often presume justice to be what is equal and good, Thrasymachus argues that injustice is actually a virtue and justice, a vice, as injustice seems to benefit the doer as long as he or she goes…

Bertolt Brecht, Shakespeare, Arthur Miller – all created political plays that shocked audiences. Political work is going to continue to being set up on the stage on account of the theater…

Exhilarating title for Assignment #4 Power; the single word that describes how the world operates. Divided into two generalized groups, the ‘powerful’ make decisions that influence the ‘powerless’ and your relationship between either of the groups helps in determining how much you are effected by the decision. Throughout this year in the encounters program various texts have exposed us to different viewpoints of how power can be displayed and interacted with. Although a cartoon, Maus I & II…

Is creating a body from scratch, ethical or not? Ethics is a system of moral principles, they govern a person’s behavior. Ethics respect the right thing to do in society and transcend culture and religion. Morals are principles that respect right and wrong situations and can be based on religion, or entirely on an individual's opinion. Testing in the scientific world is major but ethics and morals are often brought up. Ethics getting involved in science is significant because there is various…

I think Socrates’ best argument is the one he made in response to the charge of corrupting the youth. Socrates responds to this charge in two parts. He first attempt to show that Meletus’ charge is frivolous on the grounds that Meletus does not care for the youths . Socrates claims that "Meletus is a doer of evil, and the evil is that he makes a joke of a serious matter . . . and professes concern and keen anxiety in matters about which he has never had the slightest interest." Socrates prove…

(Komunyakaa). By using the terms fast breaks and lay ups, the speaker intends to convey the visual image of sneakers. Mercury’s Insignia is connotated for Nike shoes. By including this term, the speaker was able to transfer the motivation and hard work of the basketball players onto the reader. Another example of a connotation is bad angels. According to lines 3-4, the speaker says,…

Universities and scholasticism had been existing at the High Middle Ages, but at that time education was a different concept. Although those first-born academic institutions in medieval time share some similarities with modern ones, such as division of faculties and exercise of examinations and awards, the fundamental purposes of two educational systems at different times differ. In Renaissance, theology, still being a major part of study, was no longer dominant. (Document 7, at least twice a…

refer to a subject we refer to its concept and then that essence is and essential component of the description of said concept. This is the only way I could see the forms standing outside of the particular object t it made reference to According to Aristotle the nature of reality is substance; the subjects of predicates and yet not the predicate of anything. These substances also predicate time, as there needs to be something there that is changing or marking the change. We can predict…