What Is Aristotle's View Of Religion

Roman religion is not as easy to identify or describe as one might immediately suppose. Much of the difficulty in defining the religion of the Roman Republic is due to its flexibility and variability, as well as the lack of any clear division between religion, politics, and civil society during this period. It can often be difficult to tell, for example, where Roman religion ends and political ideology begins. Despite these difficulties, it is possible to make certain generalized statements. Religion in the Roman republic was extremely integrated into everyday life, it is variable and individualized, and it played a key role in upholding Roman civil and military power structures. It is also important to remember that Roman religion is not static and underwent a constant process of change over several centuries, often due to political and social concerns.

According to Aristotle, the virtues are an instrumental part of achieving eudaimonia (or happiness/human fulfillment), however, they must be practiced in moderation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church also discusses virtues as being an instrumental component "in leading a morally good life" ("The Virtues") but differentiates itself from Aristotle because there is no limit to how virtuous a life a person of the church can live. The Catechism states that "The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God," ("The Virtues") and although that is an impossible task, it is encouraging people to reach for their full potential stating that no person can live too virtuously. Aristotle disagrees with this argument.

During the time of philosophers, such as Aristotle and Plato, “What exactly is the real relationship and purpose of humanity towards the divine?” was the question spreading among the philosophers. When questioned what God is, Aristotle stated in writing, “God is a supreme and eternal living being, so that to God belong life and continuous and eternal duration. For that is what God is.” If we choose to believe Aristotle’s logic then we are left without a reason as to why humanity exists and are left to make assumptions about our existence for the divine power. If God is eternal and has all power then that would mean that our existence is meaningless unless we had a specific purpose to work towards for our Divine.

Taking a look at book two we can tackle the idea of what Christians believe. Christianity can be viewed as being something that is complex. At first it may seem simple, but C.S. Lewis puts it

He tells the narrator about the reality that humans will never understand the truth about God and God’s design, but it is still important to be active in striving for this truth. To be a good Christian means living a life searching for the good, and this can be done by following the path of Christ towards salvation. This process is on going in life and will continue even beyond our deaths. The human soul is immortal and is made to resonate with God as we are made in his image, but we will never reach transcendence as Jesus did, it is our gift and our curse.

Linear B- a script found on clay tablets, uses pictorial signs to represent syllables, is recognized as an early form of Greek, kept track of people, animals and objects in extreme detail, government kept track and organized the production of grain and wool, tablets say nothing of individual people not even kings, very little about political and legal systems, social structures, gender relations and religious beliefs, (73)

He was the first to study formal logic, founded called the Lyceum and tutored kings. He influenced Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions and beliefs. The Catholic Church took his view of a universal hierarchy and added the divine, the heavenly and the demonic to make their “Great Chain of Being.” Aristotle even had a basic idea of evolution based on God’s plan for the world (IEP). It is possible that he was the last person to know everything there was to know in his own time (Neill 488). His contributions to our understanding of the world are innumerable, despite that only about a third of his work survived. He contributed to philosophy as much as Plato, if not more. He took Plato’s theory of forms and changed it, making it his own, and in the process resolved the problems that he had noted, as well as those pointed out by Plato and others. He called his new theory he called Hylomorphism. Hylomorphism’s way of thinking stands directly opposite that which Plato’s forms encourage. Aristotle did not see the world as a reflection of another filled with forms but as the physical embodiment of the forms. The substances are created by the innate forms in the matter and are the only way we can perceive forms. This means that to Aristotle a substance did not have form only in an abstract world of forms but was contained by the object in and of

Christianity is not a black and white religion. There are many different denominations and many different interpretations of the Bible. Almost all Christians believe in the general themes of Christianity, but when it comes to the smaller, more complex details, many of us differ in our opinions. Wright also discusses that Christianity is not based completely on faith. Yes, faith is a large part of being a believer, but there are facts and historical evidence to back up what we believe. He discusses the Gospels and asks if we can truly believe what they say. In this he writes about Jesus’ life and his miracles and what his intention was behind all of it. Overall, Wright has stated that Christianity is one of the “great” monotheistic religions and that though it is simple, it has its many complexities. Christianity is a faith that believes that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again for the world. Within that belief, there are many differing opinions, but these opinions generally share similar

Religion played a significant role in the ancient society of Greece. Spartans were well-known for their devotion and commitment to their Gods and Goddesses, so dedicated that they were mortified by other Greek states. With their violent nature and the death of numerous soldiers, religion had a momentous influence in the attitude of the Spartans toward death and their funerary traditions.

Since the dawn of the human race, men and women have traveled the world for a myriad of reasons. The need for more food, a better living environment, religious or ethnic persecution, or even curiosity have driven humankind to search out new lands and new territories. In the ancient world, people traveled for different reasons including to spread their religion or to escape religious persecution. The desire for wealth and power fueled by curiosity, caused others to pick up their bags and move to new lands. There were certain select people from various people groups intentionally did not or could not travel due to their gender, their socioeconomic status, or even their culture.

“What we perceive by our senses cannot be described as always being with no becoming.” Further, Allen states that Plato had a conviction that the father and maker of all things is by far beyond us and hardly expressible fully, this rang highly in a Christian reader`s ear. On the contrary, for Aristotle, the cosmos itself has no beginning because of its always and continual existence; and although unmoved mover is the most exceptional and high being in the universe as the cause, it is certainly part of the cosmos and its existence is drawn from the locomotion we perceive on earth as well as in heaven. Thus far, in Plato, a being is ontologically different from the becoming- which has beginning but for Aristotle it is a part of the universe and is in. The one who is a part of the universe cannot be ultimate, everlasting and complete. For him creation is not the created and given generously to human kind but the product of motion. This is utterly contrary to the biblical teaching that in the beginning God created the world and gives it freely to human kind. And God is sovereign, ultimate, everlasting and perfect as well as not an extension of

Similar to Buddhism, he sees every created being as something with a chance of salvation and survival. He sees that people deserved to know about the path to eternal life in the kingdom of heaven which is close at hand. He sees that there are people with strong devotion, and some with weak devotion, in whom he could guide. He views everything with love, even those who have betrayed him. He even forgave and love Judas, who betrayed

– “The years as they come bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away” – Horace (65BC – 8BC)

The Final Cause causes movement and gives purpose to everything in the universe. It could be argued that the final cause given by the Prime Mover is for everything to simply change. However, Aristotle describes the prime mover as God, implying that it obtaining goodness is our purpose. Therefore, it is God that attracts everything to himself while remaining unaffected. Aristotle supposed God’s existence to be necessary, inferring that God does not depend on anything else for existence. He lacks the potential and therefore does not change, exists outside our temporal reality, making him eternal. Aristotle stated that eternal beings are essentially good; there can be no imperfection in something that existing necessarily. Evil originates from a lack of, something which should exist. This would have to be the mere absence of ‘actuality’ that Aristotle stated God

Christians believe that Jesus is both God and man, incarnation of God, and man -gives man two natures, physical and divined that they are united in one person. Thus the mystery of God becoming a human being, Jesus, and suffered and died, and Mary (Jesus' mother) was the mother of God. God resolved himself to mankind in 3 ways, as God the father, God the sun and the Holy Spirit. From this we can see that Christianity is based on the