interesting. Aristotle begins Politics by defining that a state is defined by its “view to some good” (1252a1). He later goes on to define that the state exists “for the sake of a good life” after its citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points
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Aristotle claims that an activity is all happiness and good for someone‚ what he mean is that happiness are not a position; it is a way that will continue your trough out life. To understand happiness you must also understand the human soul‚ Aristotle says there are three different parts‚ part one is the vegetative‚ which basically means the fact that we are living just like the vegetables. In the second part there are the rational and irrational‚ which we and the animals have in common and share
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Aristotle was a greek philosopher who wrote the book “Nicomachean Ethics”. Aristotle’s view of human natures centers around humans achieving happiness. Too him happiness is our highest goal in life. Aristotle points out that most people in this world have a false view of what happiness really means. Most think of it as physical pleasure like eating‚ sex‚ or honor. These people have an imperfect view of what it means to be alive and what it means to be happy. The reason people have a false
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ARISTOTLE NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS 1. The Ethics of Virtue - Virtue ethics date back to Aristotle (325B.C.) in his Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle’s central question: “What is the good of man?” 2. Supreme Good Happiness – supreme good chosen for itself and never for something else. More than a mere truism What is the nature of happiness? How do we achieve happiness? 3. Virtue and Function - Aristotle holds that happiness (or that which makes someone happy) is tied to the proper functioning
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(416b30-418a7). For Aristotle‚ when our body senses something‚ such as when we taste a particular food‚ our tongue literally becomes that specific taste. For example‚ if a human were to eat a spicy Buffalo wing‚ our tongue at the time would become that particular type of spice. Aristotle states that‚ though our tongue has the potential to taste various flavors‚ at the time the tongue is only actively tasting the spicy Buffalo wing‚ as our body receives that flavor. Aristotle defends his claim through
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"The lovers of what is noble find pleasant the things that are by nature pleasant; and virtuous actions are such Their life‚ therefore‚ has no further need of pleasure as a sort of adventitious charm‚ but has pleasure in itself." Ethics‚ I.8 Aristotle was a student under Plato‚ and although he did not believe in the metaphysical Forms that Plato so firmly believed in‚ he did apply an element of the theory behind the Forms. Instead‚ what Aristotle postulated was that there was some ultimate
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The aim of this essay is to analyze the relationship between tragedy and its audience and how according to Aristotle‚ the play is supposed to achieve its final cause. Through the essay i am going to examine the proper pleasure of tragedy by looking at Oedipus tragedy from Sophocles.The story is the following: A terrible famine has struck Thebes and Delphi Oracle requires the punishment of the murderer of the previous Κing Laiou. Oedipus who succeeded Laius and married his widow Ιocasti‚ is cursing
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Notes on Poetics by Aristotle Part VI-Defining tragedy‚ it’s elements and Imitation Defines tragedy as an imitation that is serious‚ complete and with a certain magnitude. The success or failure of the tragedy aspect is dependent on action‚ and action consists of distinctive qualities through character and thought. Character is the association of virtues we give to the agent. Thought is fund everywhere‚ for everything must be justified. Therefore it is relevant for any statement or truth
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Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean and the Problem of Self-Control Introduction Aristotle’s Nicomahean Ethics is a rich text of ancient wisdom‚ much of which has become ingrained into today’s rhetoric in many schools of thought in the western world. It is with Aristotle’s views on Virtue that this paper is primarily concerned‚ more specifically with his idea that to have virtue is to display attitudes and actions to a moderate and intermediate degree. Stan Van Hooft (2008) notes that‚ although
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In part 7‚ the aim is to arrange and length of the play. Most important and the first thing in Tragedy is proper structure of the Plot. Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete in it and whole of a certain magnitude. A whole has beginning‚ middle and end. A well-construed plot must neither begin nor end randomly. Plot cannot either begin or end at any point. A beautiful object that is certain living organism or any whole composed of parts must not only present a certain order in its
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