Works by Aristotle

today. Nietzsche, Plato and Aristotle, are three well noted philosophers who all believed that a great extent of our knowledge and everything that we know today and believe to be true is in someway metaphors and illusions. They all understood the strong bond that knowledge and metaphors had. However, they each viewed metaphors from different standpoints, expressing dissimilar opinions of it. This paper will first compare and contrast what Nietzsche, Plato and Aristotle all say about metaphors…

Which Form of Government is the Most Virtuous? Aristotle and Plato are two of the most famous philosophers of all of history. Both men were ahead of their time in regards to their beliefs and values. Both of them sought answers to unasked questions of the time, and both had different, yet similar, views on what the “ideal” state should look like. These two distinct philosophies beg the question: who’s perfect state was best? Plato described a very utopian form of a city-state in Republic…

soul. It makes up part of the system of Ethics that the ancient Greek philosophers preached. Eudaimonia as the ultimate goal is an objective rather than a subjective state in that it characterizes the well-lived life by the individual. According to Aristotle, eudaimonia is made up of things not of honor, wealth, or power, but instead by rational activity in relation with virtue over a complete life. Aristotle’s idea of virtue includes things such as honesty, pride, friendlessness, wittiness, and…

Organizational Behavior is considered a recently developed curriculum. It was introduced as an area of study in the 1970’s. Although, Organizational Behavior may be considered relatively new because it is a multidisciplinary field of study, it is believed its emergence began long before its rise in the 20th century. This paper will trace Organizational Behavior in its antiquity through all its developments to its current state. In order to determine the origin of Organizational Behavior one…

Greek philosopher Socrates influence on his native land was immense. He was recognized for his work during his own lifetime which was uncommon. His work contributed a lot in the fields of ethics and logic. Socrates believed that living virtues life was more commendable than acquiring material wealth or being overly concerned with their families or political involvement. It is said that he invented the teaching practice known as pedagogy which is a method used by a teacher when questioning a…

From The Republic by Plato and Politics by Aristotle, come two very different perspectives of what a state should look like. This includes different structures of power, different favored types of government, and different types of classes. Where Plato bases his ideas off of a faux society, Aristotle uses examples of past civilizations to discuss several different theories and explanations. Though Aristotle was a student of Plato, he had a very different approach to the ideal state than his…

lighter weight (Aristotle, Ethics, p. 364). Aristotle theorizes that a person’s ability to use their reasoning to stay on the right path can also determine if they are a good person or not. There are many ways in which humans are tempted to stray off of the path of virtue but with self-control it is possible to stay on the path. One thing that humans have to learn to control is their excess or deficiency of things. He explains that the only way to control this is to have reason (Aristotle,…

soul is composed of a multitude of psychic powers which act as moving causes that allow the soul to perform its functions. The soul is the essence or form of the living being, rather than a separate entity that embodies the being. Additionally, Aristotle does not illicitly describe how the ratio differs amongst individuals the way Plato describes how a good soul differs from a bad soul due to the amount of the appetitive part compared to the rational part. Aristotle’s soul has a distinguishable…

Throughout the immortal work Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle profusely argues that Eudaimonia, happiness, is the ultimate good. This inspiring claim, which insists that the status quo is one where mankind is striving to attain the pinnacle of excellence through the utilization/ actions of virtues and righteousness, posit that human beings can live a more satisfying life by pondering, and eventually understanding, their surrounding world, and along with it, the purpose of their existence. This…

almost as powerful as God Himself, it had its weaknesses. The Church could not explain how reality works through the Bible alone; it relied on Ancient Greek philosophy for those answers. The Church often used Aristotle, a famous Ancient Greek philosopher, as a source for answers about the world. In the movie The Name of the Rose, a monastery shows the weaknesses found in the Church’s reliance on Aristotle and how this seemingly unyielding power slowly crumbled. Throughout its history, medieval…