Aristotle talked about secondary substances which were characteristics of primary substances. ... He also wanted to explain how the world around us works, Aristotle agreed about emotions but those were also secondary things or qualities from the primary substances and it all has a nature where it all comes from. Aristotle also named essence to "that makes the thing what it is, the nature or characteristics that make something what it is and nothing else." For Aristotle essence was "that in spite of the accidents occurring to it along its life would always reminds to be what it was born to b...

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This however is true to all philosophical thought and is part of the very definition of philosophy itself. ... Aristotle, to prove his theory relevant, proves this point from countless directions. ... Starting off, Aristotle knows that for every action, there is a desired end result or reaction. ... Aristotle then applies this to human existence in its entirety. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ...

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There are many definitions for rhetoric, but in accordance with the ancient Greek philosophy, rhetoric is the art of persuasion, and a rhetorician is one who makes the profession of using rhetoric. ... However, Aristotle, a well-known Greek philosopher, has a different view about rhetoric; he suggests that rhetoric is the counterpart of dialectic; that both can have similar functions. (490). ... " (Aristotle from Rhetoric, 490). ... Moreover, rhetoric is deemed very important and useful by Aristotle. ... (Aristotle, 492). ...

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Regardless of the agreed upon definition of time, the philosophy involved in the comprehension of time truly does weigh heavily on the human psyche. ... Some people hold that time is cyclical - related to Aristotle's belief that time is similar to a circle, with no beginning or ending. ... It is this view that ties religious philosophies to those of time. ... (Dowden) Aristotle argued that time was neither the circular motion of the heavens, nor any other motion, but that time is used to measure motion. Another theory, in contrast to Aristotle's, was proposed by Thomas Aquinas and...

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.# In her lecture on Aristotle's theory of inferiority being inscribed in the body, Dr. ... In Aristotle's world, slavery was ubiquitous and justifiable, because of the belief that there were actually naturally born slaves, that is, humans who were born physically inferior to all Greeks. Greek men were the heads of their households and were the only humans suitable to follow the pursuit of philosophy and government, which was the pinnacle of human existence. ...

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