References: Confucius (1915) (Contributors: Dawson‚ Miles Menander) The ethics of Confucius: The sayings of the Master and his disciples upon the conduct of “The Superior Man”. G. P. Putnam’s Sons: New York. Fung‚ Y. L. (1948) A short history of Chinese philosophy‚ The Free Press: New York. Lau‚ D. C. (1979) Confucius - The Analects (Lun Yu)‚ The Penguin Books: England. McDonald‚ J. H. (translator) (2009) Tao Te Ching
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leading at times to outright banning of his book. This is because Mencius developed a very early form of what was to be called in modern times the “social contract.” Mencius‚ like Confucius‚ believed that rulers were divinely placed in order to guarantee peace and order among the people they rule. Unlike Confucius‚ Mencius believed that if a ruler failed to bring peace and order about‚ then the people could be absolved of all loyalty to that ruler and could if they felt strongly enough about the
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Aristotle has defined three types of friendships for us to evaluate: utility‚ pleasure‚ and true friendship. A utility friendships are better described as alliances. These friendships are beneficial to both parties and the duration of the friendship lasts until they prove to not be useful anymore. This type of friendship is very common. An example of a utility friendship is a political alliance or business alliance. The next type of friendship is of pleasure. These friendships are based on mutual
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CHAPTER 4 - ARISTOTLE Chapter 4 79 ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF LAW by Fred D. Miller‚ Jr.1 4.1. Life and Writings of Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. at Stagira in northern Greece‚ the son of Nicomachus‚ a physician of King Amyntas II of Macedonia. At age seventeen he entered Plato’s Academy in Athens‚ where he studied for nineteen years. In addition to composing a number of dialogues now lost‚ he may have then begun work on his Rhetoric. After Plato’s death (348) Aristotle grew alienated
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to learn how to treat others and even themselves. These students lived life without desires or strong beliefs allowing them to become one with the nature and acquire eternal enlightenment. Confucius‚ one such philosopher‚ wrote The Analects of Confucius‚ attempting to harmonize its readers with nature. Confucius believed in a hierarchal society where all citizens respect their elders and government. He proposes that all people stop believing they are the most important individual as is coded in the
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According to Aristotle‚ Form * Is that which disciplines‚ directs and constrains matter. * You are a bit of matter come to existence with various forms that are within. If the form of being triangle makes it possible to have a certain degree‚ then your form should be giving you that kind of necessity. Forms bring you into reality. When form brings discipline‚ structure‚ through time in the universe does it do through discipline. Determinism is whatever is going on is the only way things
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between friends‚ foes‚ and even family members develop everyday for people of all walks of life. It is part of human nature to disagree‚ cause conflict and fight for what we believe in even if that means stepping on someone else’s toes along the way. Aristotle had thoughts on complication dating back to 335 B.C when he wrote Poetics- the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory. In it he analyzed tragedies and theorized that every tragedy falls into two parts- complication and unraveling or denouncement
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Am Phronesis According to Aristotle and his theories‚ there are two basic types of intellectual virtues by which we live our lives. The two intellectual virtues that he speaks of are wisdom and phronesis. Wisdom is a virtue that we are able to gain and increase throughout our lives through experience and time. Of the two different intellectual virtues that Aristotle speaks of‚ wisdom is more of a scientific knowledge‚ it is the type of knowledge that would be expected of an intellect. While
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Aristotle on Friendship We are social creatures. We surround ourselves with other human beings‚ our friends. It is in our nature. We are constantly trying to broaden the circumference of our circle of friends. Aristotle understood the importance of friendship‚ books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics deal solely with this topic. A modern day definition of a friend can be defined as �one joined to another in intimacy and mutual benevolence independently of sexual or family love�. (Oxford
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Nehemas & Aristotle For Nehemas‚ friendship is a moral state where one treats a specific group of people with preference. Where one neglects neglecting moral value in order to give those specific people that specific treatment. The values of friendship distinguish us from each other and make us different in the sense that opposites attract or it makes us interesting to each other. He says that there are different types of friends. Casual‚ close and in between. The close friends are very special
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