Works by Aristotle

the beginning of organized Western thought. Mathematics, science (including biology, cosmology, and physics), political theory, psychology and more were all developed in the Greek era. Ancient Greece’s influence on philosophy is so abundant that the works of Plato are often considered the footnotes of western philosophy. In making such a bold conviction it is only to say that Ancient Greece marked the starting point for Western philosophy. In this paper I will explore the the cultural components…

Plato vs Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were two of the most influential individuals who contributed their ideas of rhetoric to the world. Plato created a school in Athens, Greece called the Academy and his most famed student was Aristotle. However, their views and beliefs differ on complete opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to rhetoric. Their views on ethics, knowledge, and virtues contradict one another and become complete opposites of the other. So how could these two men have such…

In the articles of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII, Immanuel Kant’s Lecture On Friendship, and Sir Francis Bacon’s Of Friendship XXVII, all incorporate a recurring theme of friendship. Aristotle, Kant, and Bacon explain that there are different types of friendship, which are not easily understood. The three types of friendship in Aristotle's words include pleasure, utility, and virtue. Although these are essential for a human social growth, a virtuous friendship is the key to happiness…

marketing communication. In as early as the 4th century B.C., Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle wrote about the effectiveness of communication in his book, ‘The Art of Rhetoric’. He placed the responsibility of creating a message that is persuasive and is decoded as intended on the sender of that message, and even developed a system of rhetoric that has often been described as ‘the most important single work on persuasion ever written’ (reference).…

left a huge fingerprint on the world. Although one of the most well-known scientists is not even an actual scientist, he was actually a philosopher. Aristotle was an ancient Greek Philosopher between circa 384- 322b.c.e. Aristotle and fellow Philosophers, Socrates and Plato, were the builders for much of western philosophy. (Biography.com 1) Aristotle was born circa 384b.c.e. in Stagira in northern Greece. He was from a traditional medical family. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was a court…

Aristotle proposes in his well renowned work, Nicomachean Ethics, a way of life that is structured on the foundation of what is happiness for human beings. Nicomachean Ethics provides the means in which are best determined to achieve the ultimate goal of an individual’s life which according to Aristotle is happiness. The definition of happiness is determined differently based on an individual’s perspective of the concept which the philosopher states in the beginning of Chapter Four in Book One…

implementing both Aristotle’s system of causes and potentiality/actuality and Plato’s views on knowledge, the soul and the afterlife; one can see how the Platonic perspective of when a philosopher actualizes his/her final cause is different than that of Aristotle.…

. Famous philosophers like Aristotle and Aquinas spoke highly of virtue ethics and each developed their own theories on the topic. Although both philosophers wrote about virtue ethics, their approach was quite different. So, what is virtue ethics? According to Lewis Vaughn it is “a moral theory that focuses on the development of virtuous character”(Vaughn 808). Although both Aquinas and Aristotle had different approaches to virtue ethics, there was a consensus on what virtue ethics ultimately is…

Ethos relies on the character of the speaker while pathos is based in emotions that facilitate reasoning. Aristotle believes that these two should be as absent as possible, allowing logos to be the main means of persuasion. Logos in this sense diverts from association with human capacity and focuses on logic. As stated by Aristotle and quoted in Legally Blonde, “the law is reason free from passion.” Logos, the superior form of argument, is utilized in Aristotle’s three…

Within Raphael’s masterpiece The School of Athens Aristotle is depicted with his hand flat out towards the horizon while Plato is pointing up towards the sky, but had Raphael added Stephen Wolfram to the painting, where would his hand be pointing? Although Wolfram does have some ideas that do align with Plato’s beliefs, his hand, like Aristotle’s, would be pointing out. It is necessary to understand why each of the two natural philosophers are pointing in the direction they are. Due to the…