“Reaction Paper about Aristotle” The Politics In our previous discussions we have learned about Plato and his connection to Aristotle‚ Aristotle is the most notable product of the education program devised by Plato. But if we closely look at the works of this two great Philosopher we could easily infer that there is a very big difference between their works in spite of the fact that Aristotle studied in the Academy of Plato. Plato is very rational and on the other hand Aristotle is very idealistic
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edu/faculty/lgarret/3waypers.htm Over 2‚000 years ago the Greek philosopher Aristotle argued that there were three basic ways to persuade an audience that you were right: ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. Ethos: The Writer’s Character or Image [presenter] The Greek word ethos is related to our word ethics or ethical‚ but a more accurate modern translation might be "image." Aristotle uses ethos to refer to the speaker’s character as it appears to the audience. Aristotle says that if we believe that a speaker has "good sense
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Aristotle Born in the year of 384 B.C. Aristotle was seen as conventional for his time‚ for he regarded slavery as a natural course of nature and believed that certain people were born to be slaves due to the fact that their soul lacked the rational part that should rule in a human being; However in certain circumstances it is evident that Aristotle did not believe that all men who were slaves were meant to be slaves. In his book Politics‚ Aristotle begins with the Theory of The Household‚ and
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greatly dependent upon an orator’s literary style and choice of words. Aristotle affirms how rhetoric must be natural and clear in order to be persuasive: We can now see a writer must disguise his art and give the impression of speaking naturally and not artificially. Naturalness is persuasive‚ artificially is the contrary: for our hearers are prejudiced and think we have some design against them. (238) Within this passage‚ Aristotle conveys the importance of incorporating natural speech to heighten
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it‚ to introduce reforms when he finds them necessary‚ and to prevent developments which might subvert the political system. This is the province of legislative science‚ which Aristotle regards as more important than politics as exercised in everyday political activity such as the passing of decrees (see EN VI.8). Aristotle frequently compares the politician to a craftsman. The analogy is imprecise because politics‚ in the strict sense of legislative science‚ is a form of practical knowledge‚ while
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today. Does art influence life or does life influence art. Plato believed art imitated life; and Aristotle believed that life imitated art. For Plato‚ life is spent in balance and if that balance is interrupted life wouldn’t be perfect. Reason helps keep a person in balance‚ therefore he stated that if emotions took over reason would be deleted and an imbalance would occur. Aristotle believed that art was good for a person because it would allow them to act out their emotions in
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individual might behave in the same situation or circumstance. The majority of theories of virtue ethics were inspired from Aristotle’s concepts of moral philosophy. The philosopher "Aristotle" has proclaimed that the virtuous human is the human who possesses the traits of ideal character . Such traits are drawn from
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In this essay I will be arguing against Plato’s theory of knowledge given in the Republic’s divided line. I will distinguish the differences and similarities in the epistemological concepts of Plato and Aristotle intending to explain how one comes to have knowledge and the process through which it’s obtained. As support‚ I will explain Plato’s theory of forms and Aristotle’s theory of essence because they are a direct correlation to their view of knowledge through reality. Plato’s theory of Forms
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Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher and scientist that lived from 384 to 322 BC. He is ranked with Socrates and Plato to be one of the most famous philosophers. Aristotle was born at Stagira‚ in Macedonia‚ as the son of a physician to the royal court. At the age of 17‚ he went to Athens to study at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for about 20 years‚ as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato dies in 347 BC‚ Aristotle moved to Assos‚ where a friend of his‚ Hermais was ruler.There he
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St. Thomas Aquinas takes many of Aristotle ’s ideas from The Politics in order to create his idea of the best regime. He revisits the good and bad forms of each type of government Aristotle introduced‚ and then makes his decision that the best regime is a type of monarchy that he calls kingship. This decision stems from his definition of a king as "one who rules over the people of a city or province for the common good" (17). Kingship is beneficial because it is the rule of one person. Aquinas states
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