Aristotle and Hobbs 10 February 2004Aristotle and Hobbes Aristotle argues that valid conduct, as defined by the law, is acting in accordance with virtue. ... Thus, in considering the overall value of legal activity, Hobbes' system seems to focus slightly more on laws of nature, or what he refers to as Articles of Reason. ... The scope of Aristotle's legal system must encompass everyone. ... In fact, this is the reason that lawmakers must use punishment to "guide- people towards these correct desires. ... This is the reason the law exists. ...

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The definition of form, which simply is the physical shape or appearance of something, is what both men use to solve their particular problems with the issue of knowledge. ... Plato concludes by saying that the Forms (in this particular example, beauty) is not accessible to the senses, and can only be understood by reason alone. ... The child could use those blocks to first build a bridge, and then tear it down and build a house. ... An example used would be a desk. To understand the desk fully according to Aristotle you need to know it's material, that it is made of wood or glass, etc; t...

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The nature of Greek society provided the perfect nourishment for new and groundbreaking ideas that no other civilization had delved into for religious and social reasons. ... They used these skills to build great pyramids, focusing their efforts toward the after-life and creating a social structure centered on gods and pharaohs. ... The great significance of these two theories lies in the heavy use of logic to present and defend these competing theories. ... He used observation and logic to identify and group animals with similar characteristics. ... Aristotle's system was very powerful f...

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Aristotle thinks that virtue is mostly realized through friendship. ... Friendship is very important in Aristotle's moral and social philosophy. ... I think that Aristotle would not agree with Socrates; this is what "they are for-, that would be portrayed as being used for utility.... Aristotle would say being virtuous would not apply with Crito because it is to do the right thing, at the right time, the right way, for the right reasons. Crito, in my opinion did not know what the right way was, or the right reasons until Socrates told him. ...

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Emotions is a term commonly and loosely used to denote individual, subjective feelings which indicate moods ("emotions" 899). ... To try and sum up the basis of Plato's philosophy on emotions, it would fair to say that emotions occur for a reason, controlled by the rational soul which occurs in the intellectual part of the mind. ... Alexander the Great was tutored by Aristotle. ... Aristotle also has his own philosophies on emotions. ... Aristotle agreed with Plato that emotions are controlled by the rational soul. ...

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., became the first man to think outside the box and sway away from using myths and gods as the answer for all intellectual questions. Known as the first Greek philosopher, Thales initiated a way of understanding the world that was based on reason and nature (Sullivan). ... Philosophy can be described as the certain knowledge of things through their ultimate causes seen in the light of the principles of reason (Sullivan). ... In conclusion, Western philosophy sets itself apart from all other philosophies because it has veered away from using myths and gods as explanations for all things ...

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Since children do not yet the posses reason, he believes music is necessary for condition as rhythm and harmony penetrate the soul deeply, it tunes the mind. ... In essence, the allegory of the cave is equivalent to the conditioning used in a state that would be exposed to censorship. ... Moreover, Aristotle makes a strong case in regards of a tyrant. ... This example confirms the contradiction expressed by Aristotle as he unconsciously disproves one of his main supporting arguments he uses to explain the reasoning for why music in a state must be censored. In the republic, Aristotle also exp...

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In his introduction to Plato's The Republic, Desmond Lee refers to Plato Socrates and Aristotle as the founders of the intellectual tradition of the West. ... In "Stolen Legacy,"(James, 2009) he argues that Desmond Lee's view of Plato, Socrates and Aristotle as the shapers of the intellectual tradition is flawed, he states that Socrates was executed for bringing foreign teachings also causing Plato and Aristotle to flee because "philosophy was something foreign and unknown to them. ... Aristotle's collection of work causes suspicion to the modern world, it also begs to question...

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As an occasion arises that requires the use of this knowledge, we can use the abilities of our mind and recollect the knowledge for the circumstance. ... Hume uses the concepts of impressions and ideas. ... (Stumpf 407) In this way Aristotle uses his training in biological sciences. ... Aristotle also uses memory as a philosophical principle. ... (Sorabji 1) He uses images to make his point. ...

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Plato was, as we know, both pupil of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. ... Aristotle implies a significant philosophic difference between Socrates and Plato. ... Plato uses a variety of rhetorical devices throughout his writings. One thing he uses is an epanalepsis, which is a repetition of the initial word. An example of this is shown in Crito, "...have been one of those natures who must be guided by reason, whatever the reason may be which upon reflection appears to me" Another rhetorical device he uses is juxtaposition, which is two things placed together with a contrasting effec...

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These men, including Thales of Miletus, Aristotle, Democritus, and Pythagoras, among many others, used the scientific method to explain the physical world around them. ... Another extremely notable philosopher was Aristotle. ... Aristotle would study many things such as animals. ... A large reason as to why scientists and philosophers study is to share their experience and ideas with the rest of the world. ... He did this without using modern telescopes. ...

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The reason for this is due to the fact that new philosophers come into the field of philosophy and have different opinions on various aspects of life. ... " Additionally, ethics has been a topic of copious debate between not just many philosophers including Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, but also in our current day in politics and law. ... They also use a much more reasonable and educated approach than philosophers have done in the past. ... As the great Aristotle once noted, there is widespread agreement that happiness is the goal, but considerable disagreement as to what constitutes hap...

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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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Theists have used this well known argument(teleological) for thousands of years as strong evidence for the existence of God. ... Ignorance to what caused the first movement should not be a reason to praise the unknown and label this first cause as God. ... Great minds like Socrates, Plato, Paley, Aristotle, Augustine, Anselm, Descartes have made arguments for the existence of God. ...

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He reasons so by asserting the existence of a social agreement, and that a violation of Athenian law would signify his reneging on the implicit compact between himself and the state. ... Certainly, we believe this great philosopher Socrates, whose passion for justice seems equaled only by his passion for reason, might seek to escape his undeserved sentence. After all, we know that Aristotle did, and with good reason. ... I hypothesized that Socrates was using his death to make him a martyr and make a critical final statement to his work on evaluating people, and making them see the error of...

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