we must now follow in our own? One can look upon the works of Aristotle when it came to writing‚ as he studied rhetoric. Rhetoric is the study of speaking‚ and almost an art (Using Ethos‚ N.D.). Aristotle is famously known for the writing of Aristotle’s Rhetoric‚ a book that broke down speaking and elegant writing into several key components‚ of them being pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. My first class at college was called Rhetoric‚ and while it was an English class‚ I had no idea what pathos‚ logos
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Stewart Martin 08/06/2012 Aristotle’s Ethics According to Aristotle happiness is the highest or self-sufficient good. Happiness is the end toward which all other ends are directed. Happiness is attained by living a virtuous life. Moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency. Virtuous acts require conscious choice. Moral virtue requires moral action in a social environment. The term “happiness” as used by Aristotle is “eudaemonia ” and can be translated
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Aristotle’s morals are once in a while alluded to as "righteousness morals" since its concentration is not on the ethical weight of obligations or commitments‚ yet on the improvement of character and the procuring of ideals‚ for example‚ mettle‚ equity‚ moderation‚ altruism‚ and judiciousness. What’s more‚ any individual who knows anything about Aristotle has heard his regulation of ideals similar to a "brilliant signify" between the extremes of abundance and insufficiency. Aristotle is not suggesting
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the value of friendship as “Rare as is true love‚ true friendship is rarer”. Friendships in the modern world vary from those in the past due to changes in social constructs and norms‚ advancements in technology‚ and shifts in human nature. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics he explains his ideas of how there are three different types of friendships and how each one interacts with one another. The first being the friendship of utility as explained by a friend that his or hers sole purpose is to trade
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In the Politics‚ Aristotle states that it is clear “that the state is both natural and prior to the individual” (Politics I.1‚ 1253a18). In saying this‚ Aristotle means that if an individual were to be separated from the state‚ he no longer has the function and capacity which defined him before. He reasons that the individual would not be self-sufficient away from the state. Aristotle gives the analogy of a hand being severed from a man’s body. The unattached hand would still be referred to as a
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Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works‚ although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis‚ or imitation of life‚ and that the audience has an emotional response from the work of art‚ or
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Christ 29 October 2013 Aristotle’s Lagoon Reflection Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher‚ scientist‚ and educator. He was an outstanding student at Plato’s academy. “The Reader” was a name given to him by Plato himself. Aristotle was the first of many discoveries in science‚ medicine‚ and philosophy. He made many of his decisions and discoveries at a particular place. This place is later going to be called Lesvos Island. Lesvos Island is often called Aristotle’s lagoon because of the famous
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The Iliad is Aristotle’s Tragedy; an “Imitation of Action” Humans tend to take comfort in the idea that their lives are not the most unfortunate‚ this makes tragedy a popular theme for many well written pieces. Although The Iliad is not considered a tragedy‚ according to Joe Sachs it still follows Aristotle’s definition of one in “The Poetics”. Which is‚ tragedy is the use of “imitation of action” to arouse pity and fear‚ leading to catharsis from the audience in a piece of literature. There are
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of conditions‚ including physical as well as mental well-being. In this way he introduced the idea of a science of happiness in the classical sense‚ in terms of a new field of knowledge. Aristotle argues that virtue is achieved by maintaining the Mean‚ which is the balance between two excesses. Thus Aristotle gives us his definition of happiness‚ “…the function of man is to live a certain kind of life‚ and this activity implies a rational principle‚ and the function of a good man is the good and
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In Aristotle’s writing‚ he lists three different types of friendship. The number of the different kinds of friendship is equivalent to the three distinct things that a person can enjoy. The three types of friendship are pleasureful friends‚ useful friends‚ and perfect friends. The first kind of friend‚ the pleasureful‚ is usually pursued by young people. That sort of friend is one who seeks thrills and may like to party‚ get drunk‚ or do drugs. Or he could be pleasureful in other ways‚ like participating
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