Aristotle Body

Aristotle’s Hylomorphism revolves around the idea that soul and body are connected, and both equally important for the existence of human beings. Hylomorphism believes that the immaterial soul and the material body are interdependent of each other, and that both are required to be acknowledged as an actual human being. In a way, Hylomorphism can be thought of as the conjunction of materialism and dualism. Hylomorphism shares the same relevance of soul with Dualism, and body with Materialism. There are many factors that distinguish Hylomorphism however, and one of the most important is that Hylomorphism requires both soul and body for human existence.

Aristotle has a different view on the make-up of the soul. In Aristotle discussion On the Soul he talks about the kinds of souls possessed by different living things such as plants, animals and, beings. Aristotle then goes on describing the substance that makes up the soul, the first is matter which is not this in its own right, the second is form which makes matter this and the third form is the compound of matter and form. Every living body is a substance and the soul is the actuality of the body. The soul

Aristotle begins to question what is good? The good is explained to differ in different activities and arts, but shares a common ground because it appears to be for the sake of how things are done; a means to an end. Aristotle uses the example of medicine; its mean is to end in health. However, there are many different ends and humans chose some of them, as a means to something else, therefore not all ends are final ones. That which is chosen never as a mean to something else proves to be more final than that which is chosen for itself and something else. Therefore, Aristotle justifies that the mean that is always chosen for itself and not for means of something else is called the final. Aristotle uses this definition and applies it to happiness, since happiness is always chosen as an end in itself and never for the sake of something else. The thought of honor, pleasure and virtue being chosen as an end for itself may apply but can be assumed they lead to happiness as a means to an end.

Who is the citizen, and what is the meaning of the term? A citizen is a member of a city or town that who is entitled to the rights and privileges of a free person. Everyone should be able to live and have freedom. Many historical events has played a part in everyone being free. People being able to have the freedom to become a citizen, no matter how much a person worth is. Being a citizen of a city or town shows that you honor and respect you’re rights and others as well. In Aristotle time everyone one was characterized has a citizen, only the people who were involved in the government of some sort.

3. He debates that the entire body, rather than the parts, should be taken into

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In terms of understanding both sides of the argument I agree completely with Aristotle. I think knowing everything there is to know about a subject you are trying to persuade people to believe makes your argument more believable and a better person.

Aristotle’s Worth of Honour The great-souled man is capable of bearing ill fortune with nobility and has the right attitude towards great honours. In regards to honour, Aristotle states that the great-souled man occupies the mean with regard to great honour specifically, desiring it as much as, but no more than; he ought. (1107b22-26).

Aristotle defines happiness as “Happiness depends on ourselves.” More than anybody else, Aristotle enshrines happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. Also as of health, knowledge, and friends. Happiness is where we want to be in life. We have to set a goal to successful. Like Nelson Mandela thought that freedom was worth 27 years of his life and he sacrificed is life to a great cost. I think that all three of that thing can obviously help your happiness. I think with health you can have a health problem and still be happy. Like my cousin when she found out she had cancer. She set her goal to fight and be a survivor and she succeeded with her goal. Now she a happy young lady living her life.

According to the words of Aristotle, a city-state is viewed as a natural organization that is comprised of a large sum of individuals who share a common goal but hold unique identities. He mentioned the following, “For a city is by nature a mass of people; as it becomes more and more unified, first the city will turn into a household, and then the household will turn into just one person – for we would say that a household is more unified than a city, and one person more unified than a household. And so, even if someone were capable of completely unifying a city, he should not do it, since he would destroy the city.” (Aristotle, page 292) The common goal here, is to allow for the city to function and at the same time grow with its respective

Aristotle argues that all human activity is aimed at some end and that most of these ends are aimed at some other end. In the beginning of the movie Phil is caught in a mistake that many people make, by wanting a better job which he thinks will make him happy. He will be free from his worthless job in a low end neighborhood and then his life will be fantastic and consequently, he is making the mistake of a lower good of getting a job with the highest good of happiness. Furthermore, during this time, he is using people as a means to an end. As the movie continues Phil becomes more virtuous in the full sense of the word as the ancients meant by living the “good life”. A life of excellence. He stops having one night stands, learns to play piano,

Aristotle presents a short analysis of the rational part of the soul, dividing it into two parts, a part that uses reason and a part that obeys reason. He sees life as supported by activity and not just the capacity to do something.

Aristotle asks many what questions when talking about what is a living being. He discusses us as a specific type of animals and how it relates to animals, plants and nonliving things. There is an hierarchy when discussing the differences between these things. For instance, all living things can ensouled destructible mobile substances. This means, all living substances can die and their body can disintegrate when no soul is in them. The essential features of “being an animal” is that it has a soul but not a rational soul compared to a human being. As stated in Arwin and Fine (1996), “An animal is a living item that has perception.” (413b1-5) These perceptions state that the animals have wants, desires,

There are many definitions but Aristotle came to his conclusion. As the soul is the first grade of actuality of a natural organized body. He uses two examples to show proof or to convey what he means which are the eye and the axe. He created this in order to accept whatever is correct in their views and avoid whatever is mistaken. Aristotle is successful in providing contrast to both the dualist and also the materialist which can serve as future philosophers to engage in deeper understanding of a nature of a soul. By this essay it shows step by step how Aristotle used his ideas and also his examples to convey that the soul must be a substance in the sense of a natural body having life potentially with in it into the soul being a first grade of actuality. For me it was very difficult to understand Aristotle in what he meant by the soul an also the ways he used it in his examples. After this essay it made me have more understanding of the soul and his way of explaining it because he explained something then he went into another in order to convey his idea by making sense. Now I have a better understanding than I had before. As Aristotle, he doesn’t give up until having his main idea by his examples and for it to be well

It is also important to say that he also believes the soul is the form of the body in part, because the soul is the organization of the parts the body, the body is matter and it or soul is the form-the actual living body. To reiterate this point Aristotle offers us the example of a corpse and a bronze or wooden hand and states that these are not forms as they “lack the potentiality to perform the function of a hand”.7this would also suggest that once we are dead we undergo a material change which stops function and makes us akin to a statue. Aristotle then goes on to discuss matter which he says is “the matter that is the subject necessarily has a certain sort of nature....fire has a hot and light nature”8. He states that matter is what earlier philosophers focused on and it was how they explained the order of the world. Aristotle however does not believe that this is the way in which we should study nature, he believes we should ask what gives each natural substance its characteristic and we should look at “how each thing has naturally come to be, rather than how it is...then state their causes”9. Therefore he concludes that a prior observational investigation is best and that we should study the form.