“flourishing” to “the good life”. However‚ such facile English renditions of the word fail to grasp a complete sense of what exactly eudaimonia implies. It is especially necessary to have a full understanding of the idea of eudaimonia when reading Aristotle‚ because the concept plays an important role in both his ethical theory and his political theory. In this paper‚ first I will describe what exactly Aristotle’s specific conception of eudaimonia was‚ then I will show how it fits in with his larger
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1) Explain (the main ideas and views) and evaluate (by giving arguments) the view of Heraclitus regarding the nature of reality? Heraclitus was one of many pre-Socratic philosophers‚ and he’s considered to be the most important and influential. I don’t know why‚ I find him a bit contradictory. His way of thinking was the result of perception and intuition. He despised rational‚ logical‚ conceptual thought. His pronouncements were purposely self-contradictory. "We are and at the same time are not
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Phillip II‚ King of Macedonia. He spent his childhood watching his father make Macedon a great military power‚ winning victory after victory on the battlefields. When Alexander was 13‚ his dad hired the Greek philosopher Aristotle to be his personal tutor. For three years Aristotle taught Alexander about literature and got him interested in science‚ medicine‚ and philosophy. Phillip II left his 16 year old son‚ Alexander‚ the power to rule Macedonia in his absence while he went to battle. The Thracian
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in “Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle”‚ but the other texts have their own validated ways to reach the human ideal. The Odyssey portrayed a character who seems to be the ideal mortal. His name
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metaphysics. Metaphysics is the study of the nature of reality‚ and within metaphysics there are three more divisions materialism‚ idealism‚ and hylemorphism. Each philosopher fits into one category more then others. I have chosen to write about Aristotle‚ Plato‚ and Histories because I feel they each fit into a category with little confusion as to where they belong in metaphysics. Materialism falls all the way on the left of the spectrum. Materialism is defined as all reality is only and ever matter
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Socrates and Plato used critical and analytical thinking patterns in their philosophical quest for knowledge. The questioning of why and how or critical and analytical thinking are the foundations of their beliefs. Plato was the student and Socrates the teacher. Socrates believed that reasoning could give meaning to the what‚ how and why of moral judgment and Plato believed this type of reasoning would give understanding to “the perfect Goodness” (pg. 17). Plato believed that this kind of thinking
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philosophers were Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Socrates. Socrates thought that in order to find the truth‚ you had to ask questions‚ which is exactly what he encouraged others to do. His student‚ Plato‚ informs us of majority of what we know today. Plato believed women and men should all be treated equally‚ and believed a perfect society was one ruled by philosophers. He believed the government should check each other‚ and that was the best way a government could be. Then there is Aristotle‚ who was taught by
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1Oedipus Rex - Poetics and Oedipus - Q8 Question 8: Aristotle believed that a good play created a catharsis for the audience. Would this play accomplish that in ancient Greece? Write a paragraph in which you summarize what Aristotle must have thought about Oedipus the King‚ a play he did see and about which he did write. Be sure to explain catharsis. Answer: A catharsis is a purging of the emotions‚ allowing the audience to have the emotional experience of the tragedy without having to
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The Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle was a very influential man as he was the first person to say reason could be a way of making moral decisions‚ and was one of the first proponents of natural law. He believed that everything has a specific nature‚ purpose and function‚ and supreme good is only found when that thing’s purpose is fulfilled. A human’s supreme good is eudaimonia‚ which one can achieve by living a life of reason. Eudaimonia is the Greek word for happiness and Aristotle argues that the highest
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of reason and of our sensory faculties‚ how knowledge is acquired and what knowledge consists of. Here we find the Greek creation of philosophy as “the love of wisdom‚” and the birth of metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ and ethics. Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle were the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers‚ and they focused their attention more on the role of the human being than on the explanation of the material world. The work of these key philosophers was succeeded by the Stoics and Epicureans
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