... ever seen. Probably his greatest achievements however, were his treaties on human nature in his Ethics' series. The most famous of the ethics books is the Nicomachean Ethics, in which Aristotle lays down his theories on the nature of justice, vice, virtue and basically anything else that ... approach should help us to gain a definite understanding of what Aristotle was really getting at, and whether his arguments flourish or perish. The Argument for Eudaimonia In Book 1 of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to reason his way towards Eudaimonia. Firstly he states that the purpose ...

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... who dominated the world of knowledge unlike any scholar before him or since. Proof of his greatness is that he authored at least 170 books, 47 of which have survived (Charles 23). His main contributions are to logic; he concentrated on ethics and metaphysics as well. Moreover, ... complex rational, emotional and social skills." Kraut, from Stanford University, explains Aristotle's rejection of Plato's ethic theory that one must study sciences and metaphysics for a full understanding of "our good" (1). Aristotle writes, "What we need, in order to live well, is a proper appreciation of th...

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... treatises. The 30 that have survived show his broad range of subjects of interest. Many of these treatises are considered to probably be lecture notes that he or a student of his wrote. What Aristotle did was to write down his thoughts on subjects as he explored them and ... their parts. His observations on many marine invertebrates are extremely accurate and could only have been made from first hand experiences with dissection. His books are filled with observations about animals that were sometimes not confirmed until many centuries later. His classification of animals involved grouping...

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