Aristotle's Views And Beliefs In Ementricism

One of the philosophers I will choose to analyze will be Aristotle. Aristotle believes that people should always participate in the city-state, and only by being the citizen can a person lead and pursue a life of good quality because he believed that that was the main focus and reason of human life. Although he was a great philosopher, one of the ideas that I chose to discuss was that he believed slaves were necessary to the functionality of a good and working society, and that man is only fully rational if he participates in the city. This would mean that even as a slave, you should be the best slave you could be because you are helping the city thrive however you are in the lowest level. Aristotle believes that men should be in power,

Mankind has been searching for existential reasoning since our earliest beginnings. One of the biggest questions, the one that keeps me up at night, “How ought we to live?” will be explained from the viewpoints of Epictetus in his Enchiridion and Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics. In this paper, I will discuss both philosophies in principle and practice, while giving insight to how to they may function in a modern world situation. Although both theories have useful guidance for navigating the human condition, Aristotle’s theory of virtue encompasses more of a real world schematic of how to interpret oneself in relation to our surroundings through compassion rather than apathy.

Throughout time, people have always had varying views and ideas of everything. Through philosophy, these views and ideas can be put into solid words, theories, and assertions. Two very influential and famous philosophers are Plato and Aristotle. Although Aristotle was a student of Plato, they have differing views of metaphysics and epistemology. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that attempts to give a complete and systematic account of all reality and existence. Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature and grounds of knowledge; epistemology asks what something is and how it came to be. One’s metaphysical position influences and affects their epistemological view by forming opinions on what is real or not and coming to knowledge through experience and/or by their metaphysical beliefs of reality.

Aristotle’s characteristics of a Great-Souled man have been around for thousands of years and its aspects have been greatly altered as time passes. That virtue of a Great-Souled man seems applicable to modern world as it was in time of Aristotle. However, some of Aristotle ethics are not particularly applicable today. In modern world, things like accumulating wealth and writing million dollars worth of checks for donations, are more characteristic of a Great Souled-man. Though Jesus did not carry the traits of today’s Great-Souled man as described above, he remains in the hearts of millions today for his miraculous works.

Greece gave birth to one of the most famous and influential people to ever live, Aristotle. Aristotle, a great philosopher and thinker gave way to the development of a work commonly known as “Rhetoric”. Rhetoric broke down the argument to its core and devised three parts of any given argument those were, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Each part had its own unique and creative way of affecting the party it's being displayed to, however, Logos above the other three had an advantage of importance. Logic can be simply defined as a valid way of thinking about something. Logic is needed in any and all arguments to form a coherent thought, without Logos, Pathos and Ethos have no ground and are useless. Despite emotional appeal and credibility being extremely effective ways of arguing, Logos builds the fundamentals of arguments and is objectively the most effective.

Another great influence on Education was the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle who came later after Confucius, who was born in Stagira, Chalcidice. Aristotle was first a student in Plato’s philosophy school for around twenty years. Later on he was a philosophy teacher in Atarneus which is located in Asia Minor. Aristotle is known for his school named “Lyceum” which is located in Athens, and he is also known for teaching Alexander the Great who can later. According to Curren from his writings about “Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education” and Burnet from his writings about “Aristotle on Education: Being Extracts From the Ethics and Politics found in the Encyclopedia , Aristotle deceased from the existing idea of childhood in Greek antiquity at that time, just like his teacher Plato. That philosophy was about children being educated as small adults, and so they were taught with adult literature considering their minds as able to absorb and task like those of the adults. According to Aristotle, the goal of education is to struggle to achieve the greatest goodness and happiness being a member in a city. Most of his philosophy about educating children could be found in the Nicomachean Ethics and Politics; and here he relates to politics as he considers human beings naturally to be political. That is in the social sense, as no one could become happy outside of a community. A person become an individual when he/she becomes an active

Empedocles was an apotheosized philosopher. Renowned for his work in physics and cosmology. Or so he prefered to believe in the final hours of his life on his way to jump into the crater of Etna. This theory is quite colorful but is not wholly accepted as truth, of course. His death did attract much attention and - as stated by the American Journal of Philosophy by Ava Chitwood - has “fascinated both scholars and poets from ancient until modern times”. The presocratic philosopher’s said “demise” does relate, in part, to his three greatest philosophies/beliefs: the four elements, the cosmic properties of Philotes (Love) and Neikos (Strife/Repulsion), and reincarnation. The following paragraphs will expound on these

Epicurus is a well-known ancient Greek philosopher who has had a remarkable impact on teachings and beliefs of Philosophy. His goal was to teach all people to find happiness by following his way of life. To this day, there are still many that follow the beliefs of Epicurus. I see some of his beliefs positively and others seem unnecessary.

     In our fast paced technologically advanced society today, our governments have evolved into supposedly well oiled machines effectively managing budgets, jails, militaries, as well as many other programs. Unfortunately, many of these governments are not as well organized, as they could be. Democratic countries like France, Germany, and even the United States have some very serious shortcomings to the way their governments are managed. These problems occur, many times at a very basic level, rather than at the minor details. One problem that is consistent with many countries is the maintenance of governmental programs over large geographical areas. Many times geographic or social differences within countries are what cause

Similar to the teachings of his mentor, Plato, Aristotle’s philosophy finds its answers to major questions from the perspective of the teleological worldview. In the very first sentence of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle introduces his teleological world view by asserting that every activity is aimed at a telos, or end, and how men move from potency to act. Aristotle then proceeds to outline his argument using the Teleological approach as he tries to answer the question: “what is happiness?” However, he answers it not by explaining what happiness is, but rather how to attain it and live “the good life”.

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, helps to express the meaning behind ethics as well as to create a better society. Aristotle discusses the connection between morality and its connection to happiness, as well as being a fundamental root in human nature. To Aristotle, a man who faces a life of crime misunderstands what it is to follow moral standards. But also he is a man who “ was unfortunate to have formed bad habits during his youth.”(278) Throughout the book, Aristotle describes the differences, as well as the connections between several different parts of morality. This includes the connections between morality and human nature, morality and rationality, intellectual and moral virtues, as well as happiness and pleasure.

What is a soul? The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal regarded as immortal. Many Philosophers studied the soul in several ways in order to get the point of what is the soul. Although sometimes it is confusing to understand what is meant because it is explained in other ways and used in examples. The Philosopher Aristotle came to the conclusion that the soul is the first grade of actuality of a natural organized body. He uses it in the axe and eye as examples but yes it might be confusing but at the end it will make sense in what he means.

The founders have very different views on their place in the world and their identity as a man. Aristotle sticks to the truth to man is nature and that as an individual we have a purpose. Locke’s opinion’s stray away from Aristotle and thinks of men as understanding themselves through their mind not in nature. Where as the Puritans agree with both ideas but centralize God and keep their mindset and nature away. Aristotle first disscusses the way in which a person should stay away from the community of politics: “For this reason, it is not appropriate for a young person to be a person of politics, since the young are inexperienced in the actions of life, while these are things about which politics speaks and from which it reason.”(12) Here Aristotle expresses his viewpoint of how the young are inexperienced and their mind has not been shown to the world. Which in a way is opposite of his original claim that living in a community with politics is “ good for man” in a way this is true and shows the real world and the importance of understanding your surroundings, but Aristotle says this is only a good thing if the person has understood nature in itself before trying to understand the outside political sphere: “Every art and every inquiry, and likewise every action, seems to aim at some good, and hence it has been beautifully said that the good is that at which all things aim”.(11)” Aristotle tries to explain the importance of understanding nature as a action that aims at some good. Where as Locke disagreed with the point of understanding nature, he focuses on the freedom and relationship aspect of the world: “A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another.”(43) Locke explains that the power of equality should not under any circumstance come before another quality. Locke states that the power in the states should all have equal representation and opportunities: “ this teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possession.”(43) Locke shows that the important asset to life is to treat everything as being one and equal but independent. He

Throughout your life you meet all types of different people however there are only two categories of people who really matter. They are your friends and family. But, you can’t pick your family; you can pick your friends. According to Aristotle “human beings naturally seek others”. “Friendship is absolutely a necessity in life”. Friends come in all shaped and forms and sometimes things. Friend’s essentially made everything in life a bit easier. But, really how do people suddenly make friends and do Aristotle’s theories relate to us today or are they only meant for his time?

Aristotle is his name, philosophy is the game. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist who was born in Stagira Greece in 384 B.C. He lived to be 62 years old, which at the time, was a very good lifespan. Aristotle’s place of death was in Chalcis. His full name is Aristotle Stagiritis son of Nicomachus. He had a wife by the name of Hermias and a son with the name of Pythias. Aristotle is known well for teaching the world renowned man, referred to today as Alexander the Great. At the age of 18, he enrolled in the school taught by a man called Plato. The institute was known as the Platonic Academy, he studied there for nearly 20 years. This institute is where it all begin.