Plato's most famous writings include the "Republic", where we can learn about his beliefs including ethics, political philosophy, moral psychology, epistemology, and metaphysics. ... From this metaphor comes the Forms, and how the understanding of this Forms and applying them will help society. ... Plato's philosophy was influential to many of his students and during the history of Western philosophy. ... In conclusion, Plato's philosophy is one of the most influential throughout the years. ...

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Philosophy can also be defined as the, "ultimate reality, causes and principles underlying being and thinking" ("Philosophy" 2213). ... Philosophy helps to answer questions that has puzzled the minds of people for years. ... Logic, Natural Philosophy, Ethics, Poetics and Metaphysics are some various subjects in Philosophy. ... These philosophers helped in answering the question, are emotions controlled and what are emotions? ... Philosophy helps people to come to an understanding of why things are the way they are. ...

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The teaching of philosophy would help shape Western civilization into the greatness that it would become. ... Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all had different philosophies though they learned from each other. ... Aristotle's philosophy focused mostly on logic. ... Teaching Alexander the Great helped spread philosophic inquiries to the Western world. ... They set the foundation of philosophy today. ...

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Philosophy started to turn away from the beliefs of such men as Plato and art started to evolve from straight body figures to an emotional piece that captured the essence of what it was portraying. ... Thus, there was no military that protected the population from any danger and it was this that helped the Persians and the Macedonians start their domination. ... However there are other philosophies which fared off a little better. ... Epicurus philosophy showed no fear in Death and absence of pain and living life to it's fullest. ... This was the main part of philosophy at the time, a...

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Philosophy is based on reason, he declared, and theology comes from faith in divine revelation, yet both come from God. So Thomas believed that any differences between divine revelation and the conclusions of philosophy result from faulty reasoning. ... He believed that God gives grace to help human beings overcome the influence of sin and achieve this communion. ... Thomas believed that governments have a moral responsibility to serve people and to help them lead virtuous lives. ... These central doctrines of Plato's philosophy are called his theory of forms or theory of ideas." ...

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Aristotle used an observational approach to help show examples of why these differences made better sense than the beliefs that existed before. ... (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.) ... (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.) ... (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.) ... (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) One of Aristotle's observations was of the significance of the number three in the universe. ...

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I knew he was brilliant in the subject of philosophy but I had no idea how much he studied, and how knowledgeable he was about, animals, meteorology, governments, and society. Aristotle represents everything that philosophy is about, he loved learning about as much as he could and he wanted to share is knowledge with the world. ... Aristotle first trained in medicine, and then in 367 BC, he was sent to study philosophy with Plato in Athens. ... Aristotle's ethical philosophy is that happiness is the ultimate goal of humans. ...

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In this essay by Professor of philosophy Lisa Newton, she discuses reverse discrimination. ... She disagrees with this "simple justice" stating that it will not help anyone but make more confusion. ...

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Aristotle's theories and works included different fields, from logic, philosophy, and ethics to physics, biology, psychology, politics, and rhetoric. ... He created a system of catagorys which systematicly helped him trying to attain his goal. ... His works are still studied by all philosophy students at every university in the country. ...

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He judges poetry by the standards of philosophy, ethics and education but neglects to judge it by the standards of poetry itself. ... " [1] It is absurd to judge art by the standards of philosophy. ... Would it be fair to judge philosophy according to its aesthetic beauty? ... If anything, it helps a person to stay stable headed. ...

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The Theory of Forms By Plato Plato was one of the most creative and influential thinkers in Western philosophy, his influence throughout the history of philosophy has been monumental. Born around 428 B.C, he investigated a wide range of topics, but his theory of forms, found in The Republic, is a critical part of Plato's philosophy. ... Now he will not want to return to the darkness of the cave, but he understands that he is obligated to return to the masses staring at the shadows on the wall and help them. ...

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Socrates is a teacher, he is a teacher of Philosophy, his ways might have been deemed odd by some people but he was a teacher none the less of different ways to see things; not to winning arguments. ... Plato could not help it if people took the character Socrates and believed it to be the real Socrates and thought it was an accurate portrayal of him. ...

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All information is taken from: Sophie's World: a Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder. 4. ... He is the philosophy that talks about how you can't step into the same river twice because it would be new water every time you put your foot in. ...

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In fact in an article written by Charlie Ritch that is titled "Aristotle's ethical philosophy " it is mentioned that "the Roman Catholic Church still continues to rely on Aristotelian formulations of theological doctrine. " With reference to Aristotle's marvelous work in the New Testament there is every reason to believe that his theories about the good life are 100% accurate. ... I've put myself in a supportive community of fellow friends and professors that are willing to help each student succeed in school and eventually go on to live a prosperous life. ...

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Many philosophers maintain looking for what are right, Meanwhile Aristotle searches for what is virtue. In, "Virtue Ethics," Aristotle argues, "Virtue is a mean state between the extremes, both of which are vices either excess or deviancy," (73). All human activities aim at some end that we consider...

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Perhaps because of the influence of his father's medical profession, Aristotle's philosophy laid its principal stress in biology. ... Each thing or event, he thought, has more that one "reason" that helps to explain what, why, and where it is. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. ... Socrates used his chain of questions to help lead people to think further and search of wisdom. ...

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Aristophanes stands against the "thinkery" or school of philosophy (London Athenian Society, 3), he believes it is dangerous and corrupting morals (London Athenian Society, 4). ... The path chosen can be decided on many ways: income, knowledge, wisdom, ability to help the community. ...

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He had two earlier bits of mystery that helped bring his mythos to a higher level: his mother Olympia's story of how Zeus took the form of a snake and had her as his own, resulting in the birth of Alexander himself; and his trip the Oracle of Ammon at Siwah (the Egyptian equivalent of Zeus) where he was supposedly told that he was in fact Son of Ammon, which therefore meant that he was indeed the Son of Zeus, metaphorically. ... This may help to explain why Alexander never forced his Greek and Macedonian ways on his conquered civilizations. ... He was a scholar, taught under a brillian...

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Dreams help us to understand ourselves giving that we know how to interpret them. ... Dreams come from your soul and are intended to help you progress along your life path. ... This exercise (From Psycho synthesis) is very relaxing and helps us learn to reflect back and focus the way we need to focus to recall dreams. ... Jill Gregory of the Novato Dream Library says that a physical "trigger" along with the verbal suggestion often helps, i.e. pressing your thumb against each finger as you say each word of the suggestion. ... Shutting your eyes may help. ...

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