The Beliefs Of AristotleMetaphysics And Epistemology

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.

trange; that was the only word to describe it. Aristotle’s eyes widened as he quickly leaped off his bike, making his way towards the abnormality. The peculiar flower caught his interest; he had never seen anything like it. He wandered off into this field not too far from his house, on a quest for flowers. However, this was not what he expected. This flower was such a beauty, it did not belong on Earth. Excitement flickered in his eyes. Aristotle was still in the early stages of becoming a botanist, but he knew almost too much about plants. A gleeful laugh escaped his lips, and he wasted no time in uprooting the flower from its spot. His hands shook with delight as he placed the flower in the basket of his bike, that previously occupied the ground. His legs burned when he raced home, his smile shined brightly in the afternoon sunlight.

In Aristotle’s concept of the forms he breaks it down more to a material level. He does not necessarily believe that the forms are some abstract concept, but more so that the forms are within the objects themselves. Aristotle’s concept is based in the real world with real objects. He views the forms as a hierarchy of being. Aristotle ranks it from inanimate objects to animate objects. The lowest of which is elements along the lines of gold or copper. Above elements is compounds such as water. After compounds it moves from inanimate objects to animate objects. The first of which is plants. Plants are considered animate because of the fact that they grow and are nutritive. Above plants are animals. Animals are above plants because of the fact that animals can grow, are nutritive, are perceptive, and have the ability to move. Above animals is humans. Humans are above animals because of the fact that humans grow, are nutritive, are perceptive, have the ability to move, have the ability to use language, and have the ability to

Character can be looked at as a dramatic personage. If viewed in this way, how can there be a plot without the representative? Aristotle speaks to the elements of character in two key words, ethos and dionoia. Each determines a cause of action. Ethos speaks to morality, while dionoia speaks to intellectuality. A character consisting of both elements is what reaches the moral self a person finds, in other words, outward expression. These components divulge themselves in the speech and action of the personage. It is realized only through actions, and it is only through the past actions that one forms an idea of the character’s actual character.

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.

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Aristotle searches his answer to the question, what is happiness? In order to find his answer, he places constraints on what can count as happiness and searches the function of a man He proclaims good must be something final, and self-sufficient. Good is seen different in different activities and art, but it is resent for the sake of which everything is done. Aristotle searches what the good than is in each. In medicine it is health, in strategy victory, in architecture in a house and so on from all the other arts but in every task it describes the end of that task, since the point in all of them is for the sake of the end that everything is done. Thus, if there is something that is the end of all the things done by human action this can be the predictable of, “good.”

Aristotle’s argument is a by-product of a similar one proposed by Plato near the beginning of the Republic (R 352d–354b). Here Socrates wanted to persuade his intended audience that a just life is best for it will bring the individual the most happiness. Whereas both arguments seem dependent on a connection between being a decent individual, having a good life, and correlating both of these to rationality, Aristotle’s version of the argument differs in what the best good is.

Aristotle did not believe in his teacher’s theory of the forms. His teacher Plato believed that non-physical forms represent reality. Aristotle instead believed a virtue is human character. A person must be brought up with these values. If a person watches their family have no values toward respect. The child will grow up without having any respect. He also believed every person have a purpose. This purpose is not a job or money, but instead each person has a natural purpose to be happy or to Eudaimonia. It is important to seek to do well and to have excellent traits and virtues.

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.

“Fight it, take the pain, ignite it. Loose enough to breathe fine and tie it to a tree tell it you belong to me this ain’t a noose this is a leash and I have news for you you must obey me”.

Aristotle contemplates that happiness can only be achieved if human actions are in accordance with their ability to reason. For this he concedes that human beings who are capable of reasoning are the only ones who can be happy. Aristotle considers happiness as the highest form of good because it is decided for its own particular purpose as opposed to an obligation. It is an intrinsic good in which it is those for the soul that are the most vital. Aristotle classifies human actions to fall into this category. There has been a debate about what happiness is really comprised of, whether it be honor, wealth, knowledge, pleasure or something more meaningful in relation to one’s soul. On the other hand, he acknowledges that happiness is unattainable in living for pleasure because a life filled with pleasures could be submissive. Together with honor he argues that respect is only attainable depending on what others consider (to

Socrates believes that the Forms are ideal, immutable examples of conceptual ideas such as Beauty or Justice, or conceivable things such as an object like a Circle. The concepts and ideas we know of are therefore multiple, imperfect versions of the Forms. The Forms are a single, true representation of a particular idea or thing that “wants to be of the same sort as something else among the things that are; yet falls short” and is “inferior” (74e). However, we as mortals cannot sense them, like the soul, as they are intangible counterparts of these ideas in this world. The example that Socrates uses is the Form of Equality, attributing things being described as equal to be “striving to be like the Equal but fall short of it” (75a). Socrates philosophizes that our souls meet with the Forms after death, as the soul is now free of bodily disorientation, and learn about them. He believes that once the soul is reborn again ,this knowledge of the Forms is retained, but repressed due to the distractions and needs of the body. This is where Socrates’ Theory of Recollection comes into play, as Socrates claims that all our learning is recollection of old knowledge and information obtained by our souls before birth.

Aristotle looked up into the night sky at the stars that poked holes in the darkness and wondered. He particularly wondered about the universe and how it works. How the bodies in the sky move and how the Earth moves if it does at all. But how was he to discover answers to these questions? Galen defined two methods of determining an answer to a problem. The first is called Empiricism, which mainly focuses on observation alone. Empiricists believe that the only things that are reliable are our senses and past experiences. On the contrary, Rationalists believe that after they observe, they must use logic and reason to further understand the causes (Galen, 1985). In the end, Aristotle used elements of both empiricism and rationalism to support his claims about how the universe works.

truths, and forms. He had no room in his views for imagination and what he saw