... 's ideas about tragedy were based on this belief: "A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language; in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousingpity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a cartharsis of these emotions. " ( The Huamanities Handbook -page 27) Aristotle is saying that ... his theory of tragedy. Aristotle's definition of tragedy; the importance and magnitude of the events and actions, the believable, understandable and complicated characters, the dramatic form...

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... ethics and justice reflect the dominating views of well-educated and experienced people of his time. Unlike Plato's view, they are neither filled with mystical religiosity, nor support those unorthodox theories of family and property "Res Publica- contains. In Aristotle's view the function of ethics is to unite different aims of human behavior: to define what is Good, and what conditions ... redress their weakness, uniting with each other, but in their natural inclination to solidarity. His expression "A human being is a social animal by his nature- has become a classical one. For Arist...

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... our history. In an amazing eleven-year journey of conquest, young Alexander of Macedonia conquered all the way from Egypt to India. Behind him came Greek institutions and the Greek language, which became the standard of the ancient world. When Alexander was 13 years old, he became the pupil of Aristotle. He was always eager to learn. Aristotle inspired the talented ... had fallen out of favour with the gods. He proceeded to get very sick and his condition deteriorated until his death. The truth is lost in history, even though new theories are still coming out. Historians do know that on...

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