Aristotle believes that eudaimonia is the final goal in life. ... It is the highest part because it is the use of reason that makes us different from the "horse, ox, and every animal.... " What he means is that the use of reason is understood as an action, but acting in a rational way. ... Aristotle's function argument states that our unique human function is the use of reason. ... Aristotle talks about earning the good life by acting according to virtue and reason. ...

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Aristotle then applies this to human existence in its entirety. ... The human race is undeniably unique in circumstance as it possesses intellectual rationality and reason. ... Rationality and reason allow humans to devise complex systems of morality and self development, also know as virtue. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... External pleasures have nothing to do with the soul, but are not harmful unless used in excess. ...

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Aristotle says "Everyone loves and seeks or pursues or desire everything they love or seek or pursue or desire for one and the same reason: because they hope it will make the happy." ... Money been a mean is the reason why it cant be the final end because it purpose is to be used for a end and a mean cant be a end. ...

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I will use the example of a hospital patient with cancer who believes in God and believes that there is a place after death, once you know that there is an end coming you are more likely to be prepared to go without any hesitation or question as to why it's your time or if God is spiting you for something that you did wrong. ... The philosophers Plato and Aristotle refer to God as "god", meaning he is not the Supreme Being rather just normal Greek gods. Aristotle believed that god was the prime mover, and basically the cause of all things in motion, so still not having a strong ...

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Robots are used as key characters in this novel. ... This philosophy states that humans can learn or think problems out by reason. ... However, Aristotle defends the poets by claiming people can use art to soothe their passions. Aristotle believed people could use art to cleanse the souls by shared experiences with the artists. ... Our belief in a higher being or an afterlife shows we can reason and think beyond what is in front of us. ...

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I say that we must trust our senses, in this way I agree with Aristotle. ... Our natural instincts insure the survival of our species but what we must do is use our minds to find truth, for the betterment of our race. We have the ability to reason, no other animal has. ...

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Three of the greatest sophists who supported this idea were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. ... For we still use the Pythagoras theorem. ... Science The scientists in Greece believed that the world is ruled by natural laws and human beings can discover them by using reason. ... This is used in today's science a lot and they were starting to uncover the natural laws and astronomy is used a lot today also. ... One of the reason they were so famous s because of there government. ...

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The reason that we first explored the eternal as a concept is that Kierkegaard believes that it is the synthesizing factor for the other distinctions. ... In his Journals and Papers he used a metaphor to express what the difference is: "Who thinks of hitching Pegasus and an old nag to one carriage for a rife. ...

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Faith is a good thing when it is all you have to go on, but we have a brain capable of thought and we should use it. ... Monkeys can use tools, can even discover them when they already exist, but cannot invent them, I think. ... Plato lived in Athena, Greece, in about the same time Aristotle lived there. ...

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