"Of the [part of the soul] that has reason. One [part] of it has reason as obeying reason; the other has it as itself having reason and thinking" (1098a3-5). ... In the Penultimate statement Aristotle claims that if you take the ability of a human to reason and, think then you add in our ability to function well, Human beings are living life to the fullest. ... From what I understood from this article is that the main reason for Human Existence is to be virtuous and one way to be Virtuous is to function as best as they can, and to use our special ability as humans to be even more vir...

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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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Using absurdist and deontological ethics, I wish to prove that although Hume's argument is valid, the argument is not fundamentally sound. ... Hume contrasts the act of suicide with taking medicine that may alter our life's span in the long run; since taking medicine is not impious, either is committing suicide for a valid reason. ... Aristotle wrote that "Now when a person kills himself in a fit of anger, he acts voluntarily in violation of right reason; and that the law does not permit. ... Surely toward the state, not toward himself" (Aristotle: XI). ... Hume understan...

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