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works are studied to this day. They are unusually clear; difficulty in understanding may come from inept translations. This paper ...

on which the man can stand (and is therefore the crown of the virtues) because Aristotle believed that a man who demonstrated prid...

were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

who think that they are worthy of great things, but they are really unworthy of them, and that is pure vanity (PG). He goes on t...

tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

In five pages the question 'How does acting virtuously increase one's capacity to act virtuously?' is examined within the context ...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

In fact, he suggests that work is done for the "sake of leisure" (267). More completely, Aristotle believed that it is important ...

have been utilized in both historical and contemporary politics: (a) The use of diplomacy and the formation of coalitions; (b) Vio...

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

In five pages the concepts of luck and chance are defined, described, and then examined from an Aristotelian perspective with the ...

human being for a short span of time. The cave allegory is quite well known and has been used by many to interpret Platos philosop...

is counterfeit and he gets into trouble for using the cash. He gives it away freely and frequently and makes himself appear quite ...

What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...

subject of forms. While Plato held a dual realms theory, Aristotle saw form and matter as existing in the same realm. In discussi...

that there is just one objective right way of doing things and on the other hand, there are many truths, is an enormous difference...

and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...

happens, people fail to achieve happiness and feel only increased levels of stress (Morris, 1997). If businesses incorporated Ar...

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

believe in absolutes. Much of what the philosopher contends seems to provide support for that view. Aristotle says, in line with t...

they tend to see the world with blinders on. They may not be as sympathetic to another individual if they embrace a particular per...

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

in which truth is believed to derive chiefly from experience" (Nichols, 2003, p. 20). In order to explore his general theory, it p...

is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...