However, this is not the case, and even though the basis of their ideas has some small similarities, their take on religion is quite different. ... In fact, he argues that the final cause of natural things is to promote good for other organisms (129). ... However, he steers away from the idea of God being the creator of natural things, and does not explain how the world creates these natural things either. ... Even though Aristotle did believe in a supreme being, he rejected the idea that the world was created by God and "that God was the designer of things" ("Tape 5: Aristotle, The Politics."...

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This created many new things for the people. ... For a small while at least. ... This was in the ancient times after all, and things were different.. ... When one man escapes and finds that the shadows are only a small part real life he is shocked. ... Stoicism focused more on why things happen as they do. ...

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Substance is what things are made of and essence is what things actually are. ... His purpose for living ideas led him to ideas about the soul, God and what causes change. ... The main cause of all things is God, and he is the ultimate form. He believed that God is the great philosopher and is out there away from Earth and humans. ... Personal pleasure is a very small part of the big picture of happiness. ...

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The true picture of Alexander, to me, who will usually try to see the positive light of things "he was amazing. ... Considering the point that he believed himself to be divine, descended from Zeus-Ammon, Ammon who was the serpent god, the serpent being the direct tool of Satan in the Garden of Eden. ... For my part, I can relate to his personality because I have more relations that one who are that way, and I used to be that way (on quite a smaller level, perhaps) before Jesus saved me 2 years ago. ... - Had things stayed in optimal condition, I believe so. ... This is the ideal scenario ...

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This may be in place because the God is a" parent" in many ways. ... On a smaller scale, killing to obtain personal satisfaction or justice is punishable by laws. ... This particular passage puts more emphasis on an active and angry god, and also one who rewards the devout. ... For things which he has no logical answer for, he categorizes as hypothetical, or yet to be determined. ... She says we are generally thought to have a "rosy view" of things. ...

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Although their Ethical agendas are constructed differently and Aristotle's Ethics lack sins against God, Dante and Aristotle generally seem to condemn the same sins (either an extreme or a deficiency). ... This remains true for the inner ring of the seventh circle (which condemns violence against God) and Bolgia 3 (which condemns those who have committed simony). Since both writers come from such different theological eras, they share different views on God. Sins against God are not discussed in Nicomachean Ethics, which was written prior to the rise of Christianity and so one cannot comp...

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Many of us base our rules or guidelines for morality off of the God we believe in, using concepts such as the Ten Commandments. ... Reason, says Kant, has a practical side, which can tell us what and how to do things. ... Some find pleasure in painful things. ... Mill states, "pleasure or happiness is the only thing desirable as an end, and all other desirable things are desired for the pleasure that they produce.... I agree with Mill and Bentham in that the happiness of a larger number is greater then that of a smaller number. ...

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What better way to be remembered mythological than as the son of the most powerful god of all is there? One could wonder that if Alexander had been born some three-hundred and fifty-six years later, would there have been a debate over who was the true son of god, himself or Jesus Christ; because with his and many others belief that he was the son of Ammon, or Zeus (or whomever that deity was called in different religious denominations) basically claims the same origins as the savior of mankind in the Christian religion. ... One of the things Phillip never neglected his son was an intense edu...

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle Academic habits can be seen as a mental attitude and behavioral practice that facilitates a student's learning and makes excelled learning and progressive development possible during the educational years. Thes...

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