Cited: . "Aristotle ." Internaet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP ‚ 21 2005. Web. 3 Nov 2012. Gill‚ N. S.. "Plato - Greek Philosopher." Ancient / Classical History. About.com. Web. 3 Nov 2012. . "Greek Philosopher Plato." AllAboutPhilosophy.org. AllAboutPhilosophy.org
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second book of The Politics‚ Aristotle digresses from Plato’s recommendations and provides a counter framework for what he believes is an ideal state. The best ideal state according to Aristotle is one that is not ruled by philosopher kings. This main feature of rulership is what distances Aristotle from Plato. Is it natural for there to be a group of philosophers ruling? Is it natural that these philosophers must be removed from private life? These are the questions Aristotle deals with in the second
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essence of the immortality of living things. It can have many different meanings according to the philosopher. In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle believes that every animate being is a living thing because it has a soul. He explains that each living thing cannot exist or function without a soul. In contrast‚ In the Meditations on First Philosophy‚ Descartes believes that the nature of the mind is completely separate from that of the body. He thinks it is possible that both mind and body can exist
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If God is perfectly good and the source of all that is‚ how is there room for error or falsehood? Descartes attempts to answer this question in Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity. “If I’ve gotten everything in me from God and He hasn’t given me the ability to make errors‚ it doesn’t seem possible for me ever to error. (Descartes‚ Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity).” The framework of his arguments center on the Great Chain of Being‚ in which God’s perfect goodness is relative to His perfect being
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was born on 384 BC in Stageira‚ Chalcidice 34 miles east of modern-day Thessaloniki. His father Nicomachus was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. Aristotle educated as a member of aristocracy and at the age of eighteen‚ he went to Athens to do his further studies in Plato’s Academy. He was there at the beginning as a student of Plato‚ and then became a researcher and finally a teacher. Aristotle married Hermias’s niece Pythias who died ten years later. After
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Aristotle:Nicomachean Ethics Jonathan Rodriguez I. Introduction Aristotle is considered to be one of the greatest philosophical thinkers of all time. His writings compose of searching 'what is the purpose of life' and 'function of man'. His goal was to know what makes a person’s life well and how we get there. Aristotle believes that the nature of morality is grounded in the function of persons‚ meaning that we must act in order to become happy and fulfilled. What are the
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3-2 Rene Descartes Rene Descartes‚ also known as the “father of modern philosophy”. Descartes was born in the town of La Haye in the south of France‚ on March 31‚ 1596. Rene Descartes spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. Joachim Descartes his father served in the Parliament of Brittany‚ France as a Councilor. When he is one year old‚ his mother Jeanne Brochard Descartes died. His father remarried‚ while he and his older brother and sister were raised by his grandmother. Descartes was never
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an affectation in the appropriate amount. -for ex.Truthfulness: virtue regarding telling the truth about oneself Defect: self-depreciating Excess: phony omnipotence- all power and unlimited power • Distinguish goods that are‚ according to Aristotle‚ valued for the sake of other things‚ valued for their own sake‚ and valued for their own sake and for the sake of other things you want some things that gets you other stuff. for example money so its a sake for other things. valued for own sake-having
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SID: 1429422 Topic: How does Descartes argue that mind and body are distinct? Is he right? “Mind versus Body” In his sixth meditation in the Meditations of First Philosophy‚ Descartes argues that mind and body are distinct and that the mind is distinct from the body in a way that it can exist without the body. I will discuss how Descartes argues that the mind and body are distinct‚ and I will argue as to why he might not be right because this better explains our intuition that sensations and feelings
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quote by Aristotle was taken from ‘Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction’ and there is no-one of whom this is more true than Aristotle as he was dedicated to every possible discipline he could sink his teeth into making him one of the utmost key figures within philosophy‚ not only in classical philosophy but he is still regarded as influential in modern philosophy. As well as being a devoted biologist‚ botanist‚ moral philosopher‚ psychologist‚ zoologist and many more things besides Aristotle held
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