Works by Aristotle

Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in a tiny Greek town called Stagirus, which is now called Stagria. His father, Nicomachus, served as the personal physician to Amyntas II; who was the king of Macedonia in the kingdom’s capital of Pella (Cook). Aristotle lost his mother and father when he was still a young boy and he then went to live with other family in the town of Atarneus. When Aristotle grew into his late teen years he decided to move to Athens, Greece in order to study mathematics, sciences,…

(Alberts, Nakayama, and Martin 319). Rhetoric is what is used to persuade an audience. Philosophers have defined rhetoric in different ways. Plato defined rhetoric as “the art of winning the soul be discourse” (Alberts, Nakayama, and Martin 324). Aristotle, one of Plato’s students, said rhetoric was “the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion” (Alberts, Nakayama, and Martin 324). The theory was defined in different ways, depending on whether it was…

on the search for truth. Philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all strived to show that one is happiest when he is seeking knowledge of the truth. In the “Witness to the Truth: Socrates”, “The Cave”, and “Nichomachean Ethics” today’s society is shown that the ideas of examining one's life in search of truth reveals why one is living and for whom one is living are still relevant today. Edith Hamilton in her work, “Witness to the Truth: Socrates”, describes the life of Socrates.…

Aristotle once said “Each man judges well the things that he knows, and of these he is the best judge. Thus the man who had been educated in a certain area is the best judge in that area, while the man who has a general education is a good judge in general.” The quote states how an individual is able to effectively judge the things that they know the best. Someone who has been educated in a certain area is the best judge for that area. The nature of the quote is taking what you know to make a…

Aristotle was conceived in 384 B.C, in a residential area called Stagira. Amid the time when Greek Civilisation was busy instructive and social unmistakable quality, where numerous awesome Scholars, Scientists and Mathematicians masterminds indicates and imparted their perspectives and hobbies into the overall public. Aristotle entered Plato 's foundation of governmental issues, Plato was a man with incredible scholarly thoughts. What 's more, soon his understudy turned into an exceptional at a…

Aristotle (384BC-322BC) was a Greek philosopher who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western philosophy and science. One of his most influential works is the Nicomachean Ethics, where he puts forward a theory of happiness that is still pertinent today. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher who has had a considerable influence on contemporary moral and political philosophy. Both Aristotle and John Stuart Mill develop their ethical theories around…

The concept prime mover is a monotheistic concept developed by the philosopher and polytheist by the name of Aristotle. The prime mover concept goes into depths trying to explain the primary cause of all the movement in the universe. In his work Metaphysics, the Greek philosopher Aristotle truly believed that everything had several different explanations for its existence and that the cause of a thing can be understood in four different ways. In this paper, we will go into great depths in trying…

of their documented, and their way of life is only a fragment of our fantasy of what we hoped they did and believed. I myself can only resort to imagination as I dream of what life was like in an ancient Greece city. As I read the texts of Aristotle Selected Works, Patricia Curd’s A Pre-Socratic Reader and Edward Hussey’s The Pre-Socratic, I find myself wondering how was such elaborate, and surprisingly accurate, knowledge was transferred, to who and why did they gain such a privilege. In the…

politics targets establishing an ideal state that realizes more perfection of the citizens. Plato and Aristotle, two great philosophers, sought to describe ethics with relation to politics reaching both similar and different conclusions. The following paper discusses the relationship between ethics and politics as per the philosophies of Plato/ Socrates and Aristotle by making a comparison of the two.…

Aristotle emphasizes in his work Nicomachean Ethics the concept of eudaimonia. The idea of eudiamonia encompasses the concept of living a fulfilling and good spirited life, which embodies the premise around human flourishing. It is evident throughout Plato’s works Crito and Apology that Socrates lived a life full of human flourishing. Throughout Crito and Apology Socrates leads a fulfilling life which embodies the idea of human flourishing throughout his life through virtue explained by…