Works by Aristotle

through both material and non-physical ways. Arthur C. Brooks concludes that a person should “Love people, use things” and Aristotle counters this mindset by believing that “happiness is an activity of the soul” and while both persons consider that happiness is achieved, each individual has a different conclusion as to how to attain happiness. Although both Brooks and Aristotle agree that life is not about pleasure and physical monetary objects, they differ in the way to achieve happiness and…

Even though Plato’s actual name was Aristocles, similar to Aristotle’s, Plato and Aristotle were two different philosophers during the fifth century BC (Morris). Plato and Aristotle are two notable philosophers, in which, their reasoning’s are still widely known today. However, after reading about Plato and Aristotle, each of them were interesting individuals. There is one major difference between the two philosophers, which is that they have different styles of reasoning. By having different…

Two core principles create the foundation for the OneState in Zamyatin’s We: the idea that humans are machines that need to be perfected, and the idea that rationality is the only correct way of thinking about the world. Both of these principles are not inherently evil or irrational, however, as the OneState takes their ideals to the extreme, their principles become less understandable and increasingly unreasonable. D-503’s use of mathematical language and the way he punctuates his record…

think they know. For Socrates, the knowing what you do not know is the essence of wisdom. While articulating Socrates views, Plato also inserts his own views. Plato’s metaphysics engages in the problems in philosophy to better explain the world. Aristotle then picks up where his predecessors left off, in adding a number of different philosophical ideas. His metaphysics, in trying to provide a rational explanation for everything, is particularly ambitious. In particular, he establishes the four…

The dialogue of Theaetetus, written by the Greek philosopher Plato, discusses the idea of knowledge with the help of Socrates, Theaetetus and Theodorus. The question of What is Knowledge, is proposed by Socrates, who then aids Theaetetus in making this discovery. Theaetetus comes up with three possible hypotheses, one after another that are as follows: (I) Knowledge is perception, (II) knowledge is true judgement, and (III) knowledge is true judgement with logos. While Socrates helps in the…

corruption in office. This led to a higher inflation the cause 2 millions Italians to become unemployed. Similar situations like this happen all around Europe. Most of Europe gains an economic boom and was able to keep it, some gained it, lost it and had to work hard to rebuild it through political…

activities, speeches and even ideologies. Therefore, the public’s attention is enforced by the “education” of the mass media and their actions are channeled to the almost same direction. Although people in power try to control mass media and make it work for themselves. Mass media can always break through the limitations and restrictions and achieves incredible effects. Stephen Colbert, with his team in Late Night, can sometimes overturn viewers’ ideas about current issues and break the…

0236566 In this squib, I criticize Norcross’ argument for the claim that Fred would still be acting immoral if he hired someone else to torture the puppies. I then argue that the second premise of Norcross’ target argument is false by providing an objection. My objection shows that there is a situation in which the action itself is immoral, but hiring someone to do it is not immoral. Now I will present Norcross’ target argument in standard form, for the claim that hiring someone else to torture…

with a way to defend it. For the dialectic to be successful, the antagonist must be somebody that is truly interested in seeing the process work. If so, the dialogue that results, will lead to advancing or relinquishing ideas. One of the drawbacks to implementing a style such as the dialectic in our schools is the need for life experiences to make it work. In order for a person to engage fully in the process, they must have an understanding of the problem that exists and its ramifications.…

Have you ever imagined your life being written as a story where you are acting as the protagonist in the story and you are playing out a particular character? This is how Aristotle views human life as. He states that when we are first born, we are born into a story. Your character is born into a specific role that you must play. So you were born into a family, you are expected to be a daughter and play the role as a daughter. You were born into this role; it is not something that is a chosen…