Aristotle was born the son of a doctor in northern Greece. He entered Plato’s academy in Athens when he was eighteen years old and continued to study there for twenty years until Plato died in 347. Throughout this time Aristotle adhered to the belief that moral excellence or virtue (arête) will lead to happiness (eudemonia). It is in my opinion that Aristotle was correct in his beliefs that being a moral person and having virtue will lead to happiness. One reason that I believe that Aristotle
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Aristotle’s theory of the four causes is impossible to apply to everyday life and cannot be applied to the real world. Aristotle believed there are four causes that determine what things are and their purpose and claims this is how we differentiate one thing from another. These four causes are known as the material cause‚ the efficient cause‚ the formal cause and most importantly for Aristotle‚ the final cause‚ and these together describe how ‘things’ transform from the state of actuality to potentiality
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cheerlead and square dance while men played sports. Title IX guaranteed all women equal access to sports‚ which was only a small part of the doctrine‚ but remains the most recognizable. Title IX has had one of the biggest impacts on women’s civil rights‚ because it opened up doors for women that they never dreamed of .Title IX has led to higher participation in women’s sports‚ great women athletes and the same benefits for women as men. Title IX is a law that requires gender equality in federal funded
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as Title IX. Although some argue that Title IX causes America’s overall competitiveness in sports to decrease and men’s sports to suffer‚ statistics show that men still have a dominant representation in college athletics. Because sports represents a major aspect of American culture and should fully encourage the participation of both genders and since enough opportunities for male athletes can be provided while still proportionally representing Title IX mandates‚ the benefits of Title IX providing
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redefines the meaning of friendship. People use the social media platform to validate others friendship by judging how many times they’re featured and acknowledged through a person’s post. Therefore‚ when less pictures are posted‚ the more the world begins to question their friendship. Whereas a friendship isn’t based on appearances or how many times they are featured in a post through ones social media account‚ but friendship is deeper than these external factors. A true friendship is a bond consisting
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Plato and Aristotle attempt to arrive at a set of moral principles dealing with‚ what is considered good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. Plato believed that concepts had an ideal and universal form which lead to his idealistic philosophy. Aristotle believed that universal forms were not linked to an object or concept but needed to be analyzed on its own. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ he did not necessarily agree with Plato’s theory on morality. Aristotle was more focused
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achieve happiness. This goal of explaining and defining the highest good for man was a concern for the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Christian philosopher St. Augustine. Aristotle provided his account of how one may achieve a good life in his Nicomachean Ethics and Augustine in his writings of the two cities – the city of man and the city of God. Aristotle gives a more subjective account of happiness based on an active life lived in accordance with reason‚ while Augustine’s writings
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Through out recent years‚ many popular books such as ‘catcher in the rye’‚ ‘the grapes of wrath’ and ‘to kill a mockingbird’ have been placed on the banned books list due to racial slurs. Often‚ the decision wether to let students have access to these book is made by the school administration or individual teachers. As I was a freshman attending high school I vividly remember our teacher assigning us to read ‘to kill a mockingbird’. It was discussed that the book contained some racial slurs that students
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As I read Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh I can relate to Mark because I’m taking American Sign Language. Mark was born into deaf culture because both of his parents are deaf‚ however he was associated him self around hearing people. He conformed to the hearing world. I find that very hard to especially having deaf parents. I found interesting that he wasn’t deaf his whole life up in till the first grade he found something to be out of place. When I first took this class I didn’t know what I was
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Title IX Equal Opportunity or Participation? Four decades ago a landmark piece of education legislation was passed known as Title IX. The law states: “No person in the United States shall‚ on the basis of sex‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” This legislation was a watershed moment for the women’s movement that had started nearly a century before Title
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