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  1. Aristotle and Women

    Aristotle accepted the doctrine that a difference in role or pursuit be tied to a relevant difference in nature and at the same time to reassert the claim of Gorgias that the virtues of women are different from those of free men because their activities are different. (Barnes, p. 135) Thus Aristotle...

  2. aristotle

    Historical background Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) was born in Macedonia. At age 18 he went to Athens and joined Plato's Academy, where he remained for twenty years; his works are full of echoes of Plato. Later he founded his own school, the Lyceum. Socrates never had a school; he philosophized informally...

  3. Aristotle Courage War and the Bible

    From Desert Storm to Tailhook, prevailing attitudes about military women are being reformulated and tested in myriad ways. How smoothly or quickly a shift in attitudes occurs is chiefly a matter of leadership. Commanders must give women equal access to a level playing field on which each competitor either...

  4. Aristotle Political Theories

    {draw:rect} An accomplished student, Aristotle often disagreed with his teacher and after Plato's death in 347; Aristotle parted ways with the Platonic teachings. With growing anti Macedonian sentiments, Aristotle left Athens for Assos, where he also met and married Pythias, daughter of King Hermeas...

  5. Plato and Aristotle

    and this quote was connected with his teachings on being good or a justified man. There was also a distinction between senior and junior members. Two women are known to have studied with Plato at the Academy, Axiothea of Phlius and Lasthenia of Mantinea. In the academy, Plato posed problems to be studied...

  6. Women Are Better Politician Than Men...

    While talking about women and their position in politics we should fristly mention what politics is.The word „politics“ derives from the greek word „polis“ which means city-state.But what qualities needs to have a leader in order to lead successfully a so called city-state.Certainly there are some...

  7. Aristotle vs. Hobbes

     Aristotle and Thomas Hobbes are two of the most influential political philosophers. Yet their theories on the formation of political communities are as far apart as the times they lived. In 340 B.C. Aristotle’s Athens practiced one of the earliest forms of democracy. The male citizens voted on...

  8. Aristotle

    slaves, non- citizen manual laborers (called "mechanicals"), children, women, and immigrants. The citizens were adult males generally born to citizen parents. The citizens governed the city, while the slaves, mechanicals, and women did all the work to provide the necessary food, shelter, and equipment...

  9. Discuss the Role Played by Spartan Women in Their Society

    Discuss the role played by Spartan Women in their society The role of women is one of the most controversial issues in existence. During the 20th century mankind has seen the role of women changing from one of “nesting mothers” as was the case in Nazi Germany to one of the most influential parts...

  10. Women in Politics

    Suffrage, the historical social roles of women, and the ideas of patriarchy are the major causes of under-representation of women in politics. While women have come a long way in politics, the causes of under-representation have consistently worked against them and created a gender inequality not only...

  11. Women in Ancientr Greece

    what respects did the lifestyle of women in Athens differ from that of women elsewhere in Greece? Athenian women have been traditionally seen as cloistered and secluded from the social, political and economic life of the polis. This essay explores the roles of women in Athens and their contributions...

  12. Sparta

    Women: land ownership, inheritance, education The topic of Spartan Women has many different interpretations of it through modern and ancient writers. Though this does not mean that there is little information about them, they are written of regularly. Not all historians make a correct judgement which...

  13. Pericles Oration

    only Athenian men were equal under the law. Both women and slaves had little or no rights. Foreigners were often slaves brought in from other conquered cities and countries. While Pericles would have you believe that all Athenians were equal, women were treated as pets or property in some ways. When...

  14. Wassup Now

    Aristotle’s ideas about women are also rather controversial. Upon deeper examination one finds that his ideas may be different than what one would conclude from a cursory reading. First of all, Aristotle believes that women are fully human; that is, they are not natural slaves and have the full use of...

  15. Aristotle's Government

    acquired the correct set of beliefs because they influence our thinking and motivate our action. According to Aristotle, all men are capable of governing, but not all men should govern. Aristotle believed that the good life was an examined life. He goes to state that a happy life is a virtuous life and...

  16. The Economy and Happiness

    or Poor: Does it make a Difference? Happiness is defined in the dictionary as “a state of well-being and contentment.”1 Happiness is defined by Aristotle as “living life in accordance with reason and a habit of choosing to act virtuously.”2 I define happiness as the absence of want. History, culture...

  17. Nichomachean Ethics Friendship

    PHIL1020 Aristotle: Nichomachean Ethics Book II Insight In Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics, he classifies friendship into three different categories. I agree with Aristotle’s assertion that most friendships fall into three different kinds of love and relationships. Aristotle recognizes that man...

  18. “The weaknesses of virtue theory outweighs its strengths”. Discuss. (35 marks)

    of virtue theory outweighs its strengths”. Discuss. (35 marks) ‘Virtue theory’ is an ethical theory, put forward by Aristotle in his text ‘Nicomachean Ethics’. In this, Aristotle tries to answer morally charged questions such as ‘what is the ultimate aim in life?’ and produces the ‘golden mean’ which...

  19. Aristote

    essay I am going to talk about the moral theory of Aristotle in the Nichomachean Ethics. At the age of eighteen Aristotle enrolled in Plato’s Academy an Athens as a student in philosophy. Plato taught Aristotle everything about philosophy. Aristotle learned so well from his master than he become a better...

  20. Sylvia Plath

    Cris Gonzalez Dr. Laufenberg History of Law and Its’ Medieval Past 15 September 2008 Influential Thinkers of All Time What Plato and Aristotle did not agree on was how the Government should be controlled. “…the best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class, and that those states...

  21. Philosophers

    This paper contrasts and compares the thoughts and philosophies of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle is an ancient Greek philosopher who lived between 384 BC and 322 BC (Barnes, 2000, p.1). He was a student of Plato and is credited for creating the first comprehensive system of western philosophy...

  22. The Age of Pericles

    Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, Hecuba, Cyclops, Heracles, The Suppliants, Ion, The Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigenia in Tauris, Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes, The Bacchae, and Iphigenia at Aulis. And Aristophanes wrote The Acharnians, The Knights, The Clouds, The Wasps...

  23. Tragedy Play-the Brute

    best-known play, Trifles, in 1916 at a time when women were beginning to challenge their position as wives in society. Soon the drama Trifles is considered as a tragedy. I took the definition from the book Understanding Literature which taken based from Aristotle (384-322 B.C) thinking, he sums that “a tragedy...

  24. PHI 208 Week 5 Final Exam (Set 3)

    Kant claims that the moral law is given to each person by: 19. Why do some social theorists claim that we should stop asking the question, “Why do women stay in abusive relationships?” 20. According to Foot, the violation of a negative duty involves: 21. The philosopher John Stuart Mill recognized...

  25. Zennara

    texts seemed to have survived or been reconstructed to the point that they may be taken as evidence. Nevertheless, the framework for understanding Aristotle, the subject of our other overviews, is fragmented and reliant on indirect evidence of many kinds. Thus, as with our other 'fast and dirty' overviews...

  26. western civil

    literate generation The third- Aristotle Inequality in classical Greece -A democracy only for the relatively small percentage of inhabitants who were citizens- free adult males -Women, children, the foreigners, Slave-1/3 -Aristotle rationalized slavery -The position of women varied across Greek communities...

  27. The Subplot Concerning Ophelia

    that of Hamlet’s. Key points to come back to: They are torn apart by their madness/ tragic downfall. Hamlet’s madness causes Ophelia’s. Tragedy of women and Ophelia’s position-Hamlet can say what he feels, Ophelia cannot. First scene-Act 1 Scene 3 With Laertes who tells her to stay away from Hamlet-as...

  28. Aristotelian Perspectives in Sophocles’ Antigone

    plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus of Colonus, and Antigone. Although Aristotle wrote the "Poetics" in 350 B.C. almost 100 years after Antigone was written, his ideas and thoughts on tragedy were implied throughout the play. To Aristotle, the plot is the soul of tragedy hence; it is the most important part...

  29. Aristotle: Politics

    ARISTOTLE: POLITICS In order to discuss Conformity and Activism in terms of Democratic Citizenship as described by Aristotle, there is a need to identify the six kinds of social structures he distinguishes (Philosophy Pages “Aristotle: Politics and Art). Aristotle distinguishes three pairs: 1) a...

  30. Fadsfa

    choose to take the hospital hostage. Several moral and ethical dilemmas like this occur throughout the movie. A long time ago, three philosophers, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill, developed their respective ethical opinions and philosophies. By examining specific events throughout the movie, we can compare them...

  31. PHI 208 Final Exam

    shepherd who found it 3. If Glaukon is correct, then justice 4. What, according to Tom Regan, is the contractarian approach to ethics? 5. Aristotle claims that the function of human life is: 6. What does Singer say about other philosophers’ attempts to argue that only humans have moral worth...

  32. Dance Therapy: Bellydance Your Way to Peace!

    Dance Therapy and Belly Dance! Aristotle said "happiness" is grace in dance! Dance therapy , which is also commonly known as Dance Movement Therapy, has to do with the way the therapeutic use of movement and dance, are used to improve emotional, cognitive, social, behavioral and physical conditions...

  33. Aristotle

    Aristotle, a well-known philosopher, who lived from 384 BC through 322 BC, born and spending most of his life in Greece. According to William Turner, in the Catholic Encyclopedia, his father was physician to the King of Macedonia. Aristotle’s parents planned for him to receive a medical education...

  34. Abortion

    According to World HeaWHO  (1993), every year the number of woman who chooses abortion is about 1.5 million in United States. Almost half of American women get unplanned pregnancy, and 54% of these end in abortion (Finer LB &ump; Zolna MR, 2011). Nearly one fifth of pregnancies end in abortion (Jones...

  35. PL 201 Week 4 Assignment Short Paper on Aristotle

    PL 201 Week 4 Assignment Short Paper on Aristotle To Buy this Class Copy & paste below link in your Brower http://homeworkregency.com/downloads/pl201-week-4-assignment-short-paper-on-aristotle/ Or Visit Our Website Visit : http://www.homeworkregency.com Email Us : homeworkregency@gmail.com ...

  36. Philosophy in Physical Education

    PHILOSOPHY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION History * Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, believed physical education was beneficial to every citizen and consequently also the state. Aristotle saw physical education as more than an activity alone. It was an important part in the development of a man's character...

  37. Kant and Aristotle

    Immanual Kant and Aristotle lived in very different time periods and yet they both hold some of the same theories towards morality. Kant held the fundamental principle respect for persons. While Aristotle paid closer attention to the human good. Aristotle held higher value to human beings achieving...

  38. Aristotle-Virtue Ethics

    Aristotle-Virtue Ethics Aristotle wrote some 2400 years ago, but his writings seem everlasting, and some what truthful, even now. Virtue ethics are in Book II of Nichomachean Ethics. Virtue ethics, as told by Aristotle, and translated by Richard McKeon, have been the basis of ethics...

  39. Aristotle's Concept of Catharsis

    is televised and printed in books and newspapers. Evil men and women kill innocent citizens for power, status and prestige making it challenging for peace to coexist alongside ambitions and hopes. In dramatic art, according to Aristotle, feeling emotions is imperative in order to empathize and sympathize...

  40. Macbeth Notes

    | * “Will all great Neptune’s seas wash this blood Clean from my hand?” * “The multitudinous seas incarnadine.” * “dead butcher” | Role of women | * Relationship with his wife | * Not usual dynamics of a medieval husband and wife | * “dearest partner” | Changes history-LM actually...

  41. Historych1

    early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding territory * Goal – something that one works for * Adult – a man or women who has reached a certain age declared by law * Tyrant – ruler who seizes power by force and not subject to the law * Democracy – the rule of...

  42. Aristotle Vs. Mill on Torture

    be condemned by either of the two philosophers. As he came earlier in the time line of history, rightfully Aristotle shall be explored first. In Book II of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explains that virtues of character can be described as means to the ultimate end; the ultimate end being “happiness”...

  43. Chapter 7 Test Philosophy

    Selected Answer: ought always to treat persons as ends and never as means  Question 5 1 out of 1 points According to Aristotle, our emotions lead us to ____. Selected Answer: b and d  Question 6 1 out of 1 points ____ is a consequentialist theory...

  44. Othello Evaluation

    puts forth a strong argument providing quotes to back up her argument from the play Othello. She also uses the definition of tragedy as defined by Aristotle. When she uses that definition and holds it up against the play Othello she proves that although the play Othello meets some of the criteria of a...

  45. Eng 202 Week1 Discussion

    plot, often referred to as the storyline, is the events of a story that are linked with one another in a pattern that reflects cause and effect. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, considered the plot to be the most important element of drama and held it above anything else. Gustav Freytag divided plot...

  46. Ethical Integrity and Environmental Issues

    world is not the world that our senses perceive, but the world of idea.”(Ruggiero, 2008, pg. 143) And there’s Aristotle who was a student of Plato. Aristotle disputed Plato theory with form. Aristotle figured that,” No form without matter, matter without form.”(Ruggiero, 2008, pg. 143) Plato believes that...

  47. Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 Bc

    Leuctra 371 BC Who was Lycurgus? Lycurgus was the famous lawgiver of Sparta. An influential and powerful man who was written about often by Aristotle and Xenophon. Though very little is known about him. This is why there are many debates on whether he was a real person, or why Sparta would look...

  48. Lacquer's One Sex Model

    reliability it is recognised that the authority of his argument rests on the shoulders of giants in medical history namely Galen, Hippocrates and Aristotle. Yet Lacquer’s model is criticised as chronologically inaccurate and too reliant on ancient theories, which had lost their stronghold on popular understanding...

  49. PL 201 Wk 4 Assignment Short Paper on Aristotle

    PL 201 Wk 4 Assignment Short Paper on Aristotle BUY NOW FROM BELOW LINK http://www.homeworkarena.com/pl-201-wk-4-assignment-short-paper-on-aristotle Aristotle maintains that the highest good is ‘happiness’ (‘eudaimonia’ in Greek). Please write an essay about Aristotle’s concept of eduaimonia that...

  50. HU4640

    happiness. Another theory or strand of virtue ethics is Ethics of Care. This theory was primarily created by feminist writers. It focuses on how men and women think differently when it comes to viewing morality and virtues. The main intent of this theory is put the needs of people we know compared to people...

  51. Aristotle

    ‘This’ refers to an individual substance (primary). For example ‘this cat is an animal’, animal would be secondary to the individual cat. 4) Aristotle does not allow for contraries, for it is the object that remains and the qualitative and quantitative properties that may change. Thus even when the...

  52. Music and Music Education

    International Journal of Music Education http://ijm.sagepub.com/ Plato and Aristotle On Music and Music Education: Lessons From Ancient Greece Lelouda Stamou International Journal of Music Education 2002 os-39: 3 DOI: 10.1177/025576140203900102 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ijm...

  53. The Five Main Perspectives of Psychology

    .The psychodynamic perspective had a wide range of influences leading to its founding in the early 1900?s. Aristotle first proposed the idea of learning by association and explored how people formed connections between ideas and events. Functionalism was pioneered by William James and emphasized the...

  54. How do Aristotle and Machiavelli understand the relation between politics and ethics?

    Short Paper 1 How do Aristotle and Machiavelli understand the relation between politics and ethics? Aristotle and Machiavelli developed guiding principles in regards to politics. The political goals of both philosophers differentiated substantially. Aristotle’s goal of politics is to achieve a...

  55. The Sinners of the Vestibule and Circles One and Two

    virtuous men and women who didn’t give Homage to God. These souls are punished with having to live forever in desire without hope. Dante’s guide, Virgil, is one of the many men of great distinction in this circle beside other great poets of old such as Homer and great philosophers such as Aristotle. Although...

  56. The Contribution of Ancient Greek Philosopher to Psychology: Aristotle

    THE CONTRIBUTION OF ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS TO PSYCHOLOGY: ARISTOTLE 384 - 322 B.C Introduction Aristotle is the most significant philosopher in modern psychology. He covered the widest range of topics crucial to psychology today. These topics include sleep and dreams, motivation, learning, memory...

  57. andreas

    separate bones. He corrected described the vestibule inside the temporal bone of the skull. Vesalius proved that men and women have the same number of ribs. A popular belief was that women had one rib less than men. The idea came from the story of Adam and Eve. One of his more impressive works are his illustrations...

  58. The Legacy of Ancient Rome and Greece

    participation in government, but limited. a. Citizens could participate only – 1/10 of population b. Denied citizenship to women, slaves, foreign residents. c. Slaves formed 1/3 of Athenian population. C. Cleisthenes Enacts More Reforms ...

  59. Greek Theater

    would often be familiar with the story’s plot. Tragedy usually presented the downfall of a hero, or protagonist, often due to hubris (arrogance). Aristotle explained that tragedy’s artistic goal is to arouse the audience’s emotions of pity and fear in a way that purges these feelings and provides relief...

  60. “Gay Marriage--and Marriage”

    Marriage,” because the corruption of marriage, an institution created for “the protection and empowerment of female sexuality,” would eventually hurt all women. Although “Gay Marriage--and Marriage” is unsatisfactory in its use of logos, the article excels rhetorically in its use of pathos which involves the...