... the democratic society could potentially lead to anarchy. In Plato's perfect society, he forged ahead to eliminate the disease (pluralism of friendship) that plagued the human character and society (Class Notes). Essentially, Plato wanted to establish the perfect form of society, linked by one single entity. Aristotle, unlike Plato, was not focused or concerned about the idea of a perfect society, ... the various classes would inhibit those who posses the ability to engage in political life, an injustice. He feels Plato's structure of classes is politically incorrect for the state. He ...

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... gathering of Athenian men designed to listen, discuss, and vote on decrees that affected aspects of Athenian life - both public and private. Demosthenes notes that the role of the men of Athens when debating important matters at the Ekklesia was to "allow freedom of speech to every one ... deme to assure equal representation, only men over 30 and from the top three classes - pentacosiomedimni, hippeis and zeugatie - could be chosen. Aristotle notes however that an individual could only hold membership twice in a lifetime and not in consecutive years. Normally only 50 members of the mont...

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... . She uses descriptions and details of what she thinks poverty is. She starts her essay of with a question and then she continues on answering it in her own way. She quotes, "You ask me what is poverty?" she uses description to tells us her meaning of poverty. She ... ...

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... when they feel the need for revenge, or to "get even," with the thing or person evoking their anger in the first place. Other scholars have expanded Aristotle's notes on anger-its use as a rhetorical tool, what causes people to get angry, and what kind of rhetoric best evokes anger. Christopher Carey ... notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal ... is not, indicates that rage will be aroused in females when hearing the stereotypes about domestici...

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... reach new frontiers via scientific discoveries for the benefit of religion. Concepts from the variety of religions present during this time roused new ideas for scientific discovery. For example, Jacobs notes that the Stoic religion emphasized an "eternal cosmic cycle of birth, expansion, conflagration, contraction, and regeneration.""3 This cycle of the cosmos was later applied to the behavior of ... theory of a finite universe was expanded to include an infinite void space to accommodate the Christian doctrine. The political arena also significantly impacted the basis of scientific the...

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... it is written(Aquinas 261). He then goes on to quote Matthew 5:39 and then Roman 12:19. Objection one states that it's always sinful to wage a war. Objection two notes that whatever is contrary to Divine precept is a sin. Objection three states that only sin is contrary to the act of virtue. Objection four ... notes that exercise of a thing that is lawful is itself lawful, it's evident in scientific exercises. He replies to these objections by providing situations when man should wage war. Aquinas further ... ...

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... because of his astounding strength, but that ended when he received a serious injury. Sometime after, he met Socrates and became open-minded to his opinions. Plato would spend hours taking notes on Socrates' deepest thoughts. But Socrates was soon charged with blasphemy, the act of not expressing reverence for God. He was forced to drink hemlock and died. "It is better ... behind the Socratic method. It is critical to science and is taught by questioning. He focused more on the soul instead of science. Socrates influence Plato and let him take notes on his thoughts. Plato, Greek's best ...

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... it was fate that made events occur. "Willing cooperation with the "Divine Will" is the only sensible course of action and the essence of Stoic virtues." as stated in the notes for Hellenistic philosophy. The "Divine Will" may be God and it may be Zeus, but what is clear is that they believed that the most logical path to take was ... the one in which you cooperated with the Gods (or God). Plus it was, as the notes say, "Stoic virtues". There was also a huge leap in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine because of philosophy, unlike Hellenic philosophy which suffered in these things due t...

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... dialogues. Apart from a few fragments almost all of these dialogues have been lost in time. Still extant, however, are his lecture notes for carefully outlined courses having to do with almost every branch of knowledge and art. Texts based on these notes on logic were called Organon ("instrument"). For Aristotle, psychology was a study of the soul. He defined a soul as a "kind of ... ...

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... to cultivate what are natural and spontaneous abilities in children, adults lose some of their capacity to grow. Dewey identifies these capacities as the child's natural dependence and plasticity. He notes "it sounds absurd to hear dependence spoken of as something positive, still more absurd as a power.'(25) And it sounds equally absurd to speak of plasticity as a "power."(26) But ... primary constituents of personal character through the whole of our lives.) Second, the major virtues may actually be dependent virtues - dependent upon our prior cultivation of minor virtues. As Hume not...

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... the right class of society to hold any type of political power (Hacker 85). Aristotle looks upon this ruling class system as an ill-conceived political structure (Hacker 86). He quotes "It is a further objection that he deprives his Guardians even of happiness, maintaining that happiness of the whole state which should be the object of legislation," ultimately he is saying ... ...

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... rule others often leads to war, or perhaps discord. Plato explains the difference in the names "discord- and "war,"" and also the difference in the nature of the two. Plato quotes, "discord is expressive of what is internal and domestic, whereas war pertains to what is external and foreign. The Hellenic race is united together by ties of blood and friendship ... ...

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... creeping pests, but none hath ever yet devised a balm for venomous woman, worse than fire or viper". Among the Romans, we find Tacitus picturing women as controlling and cruel. He quotes Severus Caecina as saying during a debate: "With good reason," he said, "had it been formerly decided that women were not to be taken among our allies or into foreign countries ... ...

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... the right class of society to hold any type of political power (Hacker 85). Aristotle looks upon this ruling class system as an ill-conceived political structure (Hacker 86). He quotes "It is a further objection that he deprives his Guardians even of happiness, maintaining that happiness of the whole state which should be the object of legislation," ultimately he is saying ... ...

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... essay goes on Plato further explains how the ministers of the state would benefit from gaining the true knowledge that he claims the world of philosophy has. The examples and quotes given above provide evidence that Plato was able to bring his point out without being harsh, mean, or rude in doing so. He was able to illustrate, with words, how ... ...

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... ." 7) "If you had no clear knowledge of piety and impiety you would never have ventured to prosecute your old father for murder on behalf of a servant." **these are the top quotes (all from Socrates), and really any additions would be more in favor of quantity than quality. So, I kept it at these. Biography One of the truly greatest philosophers of all ... ...

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... longer vague, but precise guidelines to live by. By the end of the Crito, the Laws are well-established principles that are still used today. Socrates, in one of his quotes, declared the Laws to be "strains of music" in his ears. To him, being loyal to the Laws was very important, and it was that decision that gave the Laws ... ...

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Nicomachean Ethics is arguably Aristotle's best known work on ethics. The work consists of ten books which originally were his lecture notes at the Lyceum that were later edited by his son, Nicomachus. Throughout the work, Aristotle spends the majority of his books providing his account of what he believes to be ... ...

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... by the great souls of philosophy (Alighieri III. 131-132)." The philosophy of Aristotle influenced Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, two of Dante's favorite Christian thinkers, whom, Raffa notes, "strove to validate the role of reason and to sharpen its relationship to faith." Dante also had the influence of Aristotelian thought on him, notably in the content ... ...

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... at the heart of the most effective academic habits. Does a student learn best through listening or reading? Are facts understood best by outlining the readings or taking spoken or written notes? Is the creation of flash-cards a useful and efficient habit for vocabulary? Is attempting practice questions in math class more useful than creating a step-wise, structured approach to problem solving ... ...

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Aristotle believes that eudaimonia is the final goal in life. He notes that pleasure is related to happiness, but it is not the highest good. He feels that pleasure is good if it is for the right reason, and not done in ... ...

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... rest" (Aristotle,1176B)." Rest is not an option for a society based on communal happiness as it would take away from the overall production from the citizens of the city. Aristotle notes the importance of rest for the person as it is a means to have energy for further activity which will be a mean for further happiness. To abridge his criticisms and beliefs ... ...

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... said to have written 150 philosophical 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 thought it through from development to an ... ...

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... being self-sufficient and that man would be most happy in a State. Plato's ideal State made his political view easily understandable and more rational than Socrates who left behind no notes and Aristotle who did not create a blueprint for an ideal State....

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... in varying situations (1). God is the ultimate final cause. Aristotle wrote a work entitled, On the Heavens where he portrayed his studies on God and heaven. Starting with ordinary observation, Aristotle notes that things move, and that the source of their movement is some other moving thing (Kraut 1). If what readily causes x to move is always some other thing y, then there can ... ...

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