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    women differently from men‚ though the women possess as many or more admirable qualities than their male counterparts. This applies to Odysseus’ wife‚ Penelope‚ as well as Arete and Circe‚ all of whom embody power‚ an important characteristic in Ancient Greek society. The impressive yet often overlooked traits of Penelope‚ Arete‚ and Circe reveal the true natures of these powerful women and their influence over Odysseus in his journey throughout The Odyssey. Penelope displays numerous vital characteristics

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    Student Notes Questions -Landforms produced by glacial erosion 5. Below in a sketch of a corrie post-glacial. Over-deepened basin caused by erosion due to rotational flow. Post-glaciation‚ a corrie may be filled with a tarn. This is water that has been collected in the hollow; it is dammed by the rock lip. Over-deepened basin caused by erosion due to rotational flow. Post-glaciation‚ a corrie may be filled with a tarn. This is water that has been collected in the hollow; it is dammed by the rock

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    Ramayana and the Illiad

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    exiled to the forest. So what is the nature of injustice to the hero in these epics? What customs/values inform the heroes’ responses to this injustice? How do differences in customs/values inform differences in Greek and Hindu literature? What do arête and dharma mean in these cultures? What roles do the gods play in these heroes’ predicaments? The Iliad starts off with sacking of a Trojan’s allied town and two maidens are taken as prized possession from the town‚ one for Achilles and one for

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    Ethics Essay Aristotle

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    doctor in northern Greece. He entered Plato’s academy in Athens when he was eighteen years old and continued to study there for twenty years until Plato died in 347. Throughout this time Aristotle adhered to the belief that moral excellence or virtue (arête) will lead to happiness (eudemonia). It is in my opinion that Aristotle was correct in his beliefs that being a moral person and having virtue will lead to happiness. One reason that I believe that Aristotle was correct in his beliefs is based on

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    such as Cyltemnestra and Melantho the maidservant. Other women are portrayed as the manipulative seductress‚ such as Calypso and Circe. The third type of women is the good‚ faithful‚ intelligent woman. These women include characters such as Queen Arete‚ Nausicaa and‚ above all‚ Odysseus’ wife Penelope. Homer uses these characters to depict the several ways in which women were viewed by society. The first type of woman‚ the bad‚ disrespectful woman is portrayed through two characters. Clytemnestra

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    morally good and virtuous they have to possess the ‘good’ virtues. In the business world the virtues that are suggested to exist are courage‚ fairness‚ honesty and compassion. Aristotle said if we or a business have these virtues then we achieve our eudaimonia. In many ways businesses are seen as compatible with virtue ethics. The virtues provided are guidelines as to how people or businesses should aspire to be. This means that a framework is provided to try and help guide people to be virtuous‚ and

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    or happy life. Virtues ethics is all about individual doing right. Personal characteristics if practiced will make sure that individual makes the right choice. Eudaimonia is a state variously translated from Greek as ’well-being’‚ ’happiness’‚ It characterizes the well-lived life. Eudaimonia is the proper goal of human life. Eudaimonia describes that state achieved by the person who lives the proper human life‚ an outcome that can be reached by practicing the virtues. A virtue is a habit or quality

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    Natural Law

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    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 good for human beings is happiness. He insists that every action performed by humans is to pursue happiness. Aristotle also argues that human action is always aimed at some end or good. Thomas Aquinas also concluded that humans have a supreme goal or purpose‚ but he does not see this as eudaimonia. Aquinas thought that as humans

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    Achilles: God or Beast?

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    king or hero can pretend to be a greater hero than Achilles. His excellence in the battlefield and his godly strength‚ his arête‚ is recognized by the Greeks‚ the Trojans and even the Olympian gods. Achilles possesses superhuman strength and abilities‚ and share a close relationship with the gods. This makes him what Greeks call ‘epic hero’ and these abilities are his arête. However‚ Achilles many flaws have a central part in the poem. In the beginning‚ we realize that Achilles has a strong sense

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    Ethics Review #2 1)Give the complete definition Aristotle offers of eudaimonia? EUDAIMONIA MEANS HAPPINESS/ FLOURISHING DEFINED AS AN ACTIVITY OF THE SOUL IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPLETE VIRTUE WITH ADEQUATE EXTERNAL GOODS IN A COMPLETE LIFE This involves one’s life as a whole and consists in action in accord with reason Eudaimonia is not achieved through pleasure‚ wealth‚ honor or even virtue on its own. What is an external good? Are external goods necessary or sufficient for happiness? While

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