Category: Aristotle
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Aristotle’s pursuit of knowledge and truth
You can learn a lot from reading philosophy books, but you will acquire practical wisdom much faster by studying the life of philosophers. By looking […]
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Key ideas in Aristotle’s concepts of potentiality and actuality
The concepts of potentiality and actuality occupy the central position in Aristotle’s metaphysics. They supply an invaluable intellectual tool to assess people and events for […]
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Aristotle’s concepts of potentiality and actuality
If you walk nowadays the streets of any large city, the sheer number of homeless, confused people will make you wonder if Aristotle’s theory of […]
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Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success compared to Kant’s
The largest successes and failures always start with a simple principle. I am referring to Aristotle’s principle of causality. If you understand it and adhere […]
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Key ideas in Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success
Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success, as presented in the “Nicomachean Ethics” and the “Eudemian Ethics,” can be summarized in three principles; those three […]
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Aristotle’s understanding of human flourishing and success
Aristotle (384-322 BC) addressed human flourishing in his work, “Nicomachean Ethics.” The key idea of “Nicomachean Ethics” is that the goal of human life should […]
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Critique of Aristotle’s theory of justice
If you contest a principle, it follows that you are contesting its consequences. If you disagree with Aristotle’s metaphysics (the principles of identity and causality), […]
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Impact of Aristotle’s theory of justice
The justice definition given by Aristotle in “Nicomachean Ethics” is simple, but accurate and profound. A person behaves in accordance to justice only if he […]
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Aristotle’s theory of justice
Aristotle presented his theory of justice in “Nicomachean Ethics.” He distinguished between two types of justice. On the one hand, distributive justice, and on the […]
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The two keys in Aristotle’s views on politics and governance
It is naïve to believe that history advances only in a single direction. If that was the case, people wouldn’t repeat mistakes made in the […]
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