Equalities of the People - Aristotle vs. Jefferson Aristotle and Thomas Jefferson both have visions of equality among the masses. Yet in their respective centuries, there is no such thing as equality within the masses. Both have distinct exclusions. Aristotle discusses oligarchy and democrac...
Some of the greatest known philosophers are Aristotle and Plato. Aristotle, who was Plato's student, always argued that a citizen did not belong just to himself or herself, but to the state. ... Aristotle wrote his works on ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics. ...
Aristotle once said, "Virtue is a state of character concerned with choice, lying in the mean relative to us, this being determined by a rational principle, and by that principle, by which the man of practical wisdom would determine it; it is a mean between two vices, " (Aristotle). ...
Life's Little Reflections on Education Marcus Fabius Quintilianus or Quintilian discussed how during the second stage of education, the student would trace ivory letters, specially carved, as an aid to learning the alphabet. (Pg. 76). I can remember during my kindergarten year, the teacher giv...
Aristotle also said that slaves should have the same rights as everyone else, but that classes should remain the same. ... Aristotle doesn't really seem to fight for a particular unjust. ... Aristotle has always known that the State has never been so good. ... The whole idea of Thoreau, King and Aristotle is about justices and how unjust our government is because we shouldn't have to always do as our government ask us to do. ...
1) There are many external and internal threats made to the states. Some examples of external threats are terrorists, and other nation's armies. Some examples of internal threats are terrorists, and the United States own citizens. External threats made to United States are very serious. They ...
WEALTH "Wealth" is a very broad word with different meanings to different people. Many people feel that the amount of money someone has determines if they are wealthy; whereas, many people feel what one has accumulated throughout the years, and how much success they have achieved in their life de...
When a country is at war, the general population's main sources for breaking news are the government and the media, which are sometimes one in the same. In conflicts since the Vietnam War, the amount of first-hand reporting has diminished. As a consequence, the government became the source for much of the war-related information. However this has changed during Operation Iraqi Freedom with the "embedding- of journalists and also with the increased number of independent reporters. Some questions we must ask then are: "How do reporters go about reporting the details of the war respons...
Many believe that affirmative action is a very effective plan; however, the population which opposes such action frequently includes people of various minorities, as well as many others who have been wronged by this plan. In several cases, this plan causes minorities to be perceived as being under-q...
"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity". Aristotle. Education is the key to the development in any area of an individual's life and to pertain to all-important aspects. I seem to believe that the mind of today's generation are from all aspects, no less creative than th...
Jacob Moral and Philosophical history of Vegetarianism Vegetarianism is the theory or practice of living solely on vegetables, fruits, grains and nuts. It is practiced for moral, ascetic or nutritional reasons. In Western society today meat in many different forms is readily and economical...
AMARICA IN THE 1960"S The sixties were an exciting, revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change: assassination, unforgettable fashion, new musical styles, "Camelot", civil rights, women's liberation, a controversial and decisive war in Vietnam, the antiwar protest to go along with the war, space exploration and the space race, peace marches, flower power, great TV and film and sexual freedom, and of course the great baby boomers. The sixties also showed Communism coming into the Western hemisphere and thus coming...
