Works by Aristotle

Aristotle is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers in many subjects; one of these subjects being political theory. He has influenced how the framers made the constitution and the content put into the important document. His works and opinions still continue to greatly influence our current government due to the lasting effects of where his beliefs were placed; like in official documents. His contributions to our government are very prominent, but he is often not credited.…

Much of Western philosophy finds its basis in the thoughts and teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. When asking who the most overrated philosopher was/is, one should analyze the amount of time that is spent on the philosophers work and if the ideas are discussed more than they need to be. In this case, I would argue that Plato is the most overrated philosopher. For one, some of his dialogues do not feature himself as a character. Socrates is the main character who is debating with…

As discussed by Soltes, “isolated in the foreground leaning on a kind of cube and looking at a work by himself, is someone who we can identify as Michelangelo” (L20, 28:46). Soltes also suggests that perhaps Raphael used images of “Bramante and Leonardo to fill out the figures that give us philosophy personified” (L20, 29:27). The Renaissance development…

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history. The views of Aristotle are particularly significant as the structure of his thought process had an enormous influence on the economic and social attitudes of people within the high to late Middle Ages. To Aristotle, ownership was the foundation of a stable social order as the satisfaction derived from the accumulation of items owned and from the sharing of private property acts as a positive…

Introduction Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived in the 4th century, he is recognized as one of the great thinkers of all time along with Socrates and Plato. Aristotle discovered Rhetoric and believed that his concept of rhetoric is the faculty of discovery for all the available means of persuasion in any given situation (Corbett, 1990). The art of persuasive speaking and writing is a particular field that he was particularly interested in. Today the dictionary defines rhetoric as “the…

as to attain its actualization point (Sachs, 2002). It would be justified to claim that Aristotle assumed that man is naturally useless unless he is put in a functioning society that can make use of him. Suffice to say, Aristotle’s account of human nature views man as a vice-filled hedonistic being who is dependent on his colleagues. However, these allegations have managed to withstand criticisms making Aristotle a very influential philosopher in modern moral philosophy. Kant on the other hand,…

Aristotelian is referring to the Greek philosopher Aristotle or his philosophy (Webster Online Dictionary). According to Dunn (2006), Aristotle was born in 384 B.C.E. in Stagira. After his father’s death, Aristotle spent 20 years in Athens attending and teaching at Plato’s Academy. Plato and Aristotle highly respected each other; however, they often debated many beliefs and theories (Dunn, 2006). Dunn (2006) also noted, Aristotle traveled back to Athens and opened his own school when he was…

“There is more to something than what meets the eye”, a famous idiom that Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle might agree with when it comes to describing the vast, material matter that surrounds us. In fact, within the works of the philosophers, the two construct multiple ways of analyzing what makes a material object to be what it truly is. Forming ideas such as its substantial form, accidental form, changes that it undergoes, and the development of artifacts. Specifically, the two that will be…

Three very influential Philosophers, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, became some of the most well known and foundational philosophers to the world of psychology, religion, and philosophy. Through many years of instruction and travels Socrates had developed theories that later influenced Plato’s dialogues and Aristotle’s books. This built the foundation for the Western Style of thinking and psychology. Thousands of psychologists are influenced through their teachers and theories that they develop…

doing too little or too much of one thing. Unbeknownst to the majority of these people, they have adopted Aristotle’s philosophy, specifically that of the principle of the mean. The mean is the average between two extreme vices (Soccio 178-182). Aristotle sees a morally virtuous life as one of moderation and habit. This philosophical idea can apply to people from all walks of life and it would benefit many today to put this idea into practice. If one looks at American society, they will likely…