Essays on Aristotle

Abstract           There has been a growing need to compare and possibly contrast Aristotle’ virtue ethics with the views of Confucius on ren- which can also be translated to mean virtue. The implication of this discussion is to establish if there is any kind of relationship between the two philosophers’ thoughts. It is specifically important…

Aristotle (384-322 BCE.) treated ethics as an independent branch of social science, though he incorporated many points from philosophy into the doctrine. In the Nicomachean Ethics (EN) the philosopher presented the concepts of happiness as the ultimate human good, virtues of character and of thought, preconditions of virtue (voluntary action and responsibility), friendship and pleasure….

    Rhetoric, as a form of communication, was offered by Aristotle and Plato from different views, perceptions and interpretations of words they used. While Plato was pointing upwards, showing that everything is eternal, Aristotle was pointing at the real world. Trying to imitate the teacher (Phaedrus), Aristotle wrote his dialogues (Grullos), and, in general, their…

The current understanding of knowledge and the universe by man today stems from many centuries ago when philosophers attempted to understand the seemingly chaotic world around them. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle are responsible for some of these major early discoveries and are a big reason as to where we are today due to…

Thesis Statement: Aristotle and Confucius were one of the most influential philosophers in the world’s history; known for their practical wisdom and ethical doctrines which served as major guides in various fields of study such as politics, education, law, industry and commerce, science; but more importantly, they thought us on how to properly interact with…

Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, was born in 384 BC and died in 322 BC. He studied under Plato and later became the teacher of Alexander the Great. According to Wikipedia, Aristotle was a prolific writer who covered a wide range of subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology…

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics teaches that the ultimate goal is to live a life of excellence, which involves understanding good, happiness, and morality. It also includes finding balance and avoiding excessive pleasures. Achieving a life of excellence leads to eudaimonia or happiness, success, and fulfillment. Aristotle asserts that all activities aim for some kind of good,…

If Aristotle had known Lovborg, I think he’d ascribe magnanimity to him. Lovborg plays one of the major characters in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. In the play, Lovborg was a reformed drunkard. Although, he’s Tesman’s strongest academic rival, society still considers him to be a failure. After several years in sobriety, he has decided to…

In the book The Politics, Aristotle analyzes different types of political communities. He examines these political communities on two different levels; first as a city and then as a regime. By studying both city and regime you get the full picture of the different types of governments throughout the world. Aristotle uses this dual approach…

Plato and Aristotle, two Greek philosophers from the third and fourth century BC, had different perspectives on life and Metaphysics. While Aristotle was a student of Plato, their theories diverged. Plato believed that reality surpassed our physical world and the understanding of most people. In contrast, Aristotle considered the physical world as the only reality….