... ends-based) philosophy is called a science of ends. Aristotle tried to reconcile Pericles and Plato (i.e., political action and philosophy) in one. However, democracies must have friendship "for without friends no one would choose to live."" These Greeks and their ideas of virtuous communitarian democracy foreshadowed many beliefs later found in the Enlightenment. Hellenistic thought is proudly pronounced and copied ... (circa 250 BCE) was a Roman censor who made sure people acted justly. Alternatively, the Epicureans (among them, Heraclitus) sought hedonistic fulfillment of pleasures. Th...

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