Category: Aristotle
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Critics of Aristotle’s views on politics and governance
Aristotle’s views on politics and governance can be summed up in a few sentences: depending on the number of rulers (one, a few, everybody), political […]
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Aristotle’s views on politics and governance
Aristotle presented his political philosophy in his works “Politics” and “Nicomachean Ethics.” He believed that humans are political by nature. By “political,” he meant that […]
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Aristotle’s views on natural philosophy
Aristotle’s views on the natural world established the basis of scientific thought and civilisation. Aristotle’s philosophy is relaying on experience, observation, and logical reasoning. His […]
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Aristotle’s views on friendship
Aristotle addressed friendship in his “Nicomachean Ethics.” He viewed friendship as indispensable for leading a happy life, but identified three types of friendships: those based […]
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Aristotle’s perspective on the purpose of human life
If you wonder why so many people seem completely lost, unable to make good decisions, the answer is straightforward: They have no purpose in life. […]
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Aristotle’s views on the nature of reality
Aristotle used a systematic method for drawing conclusions from empirical observations. His concept of reality revolves around the idea of “substance,” which actually means “entity” […]
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Aristotle’s concept of practical wisdom
Like Schopenhauer would do twenty-four centuries later, Aristotle regarded practical wisdom (“phronesis” in Greek) as a crucial ingredient of a happy life. In his “Nicomachean […]
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Aristotle’s views on ethics, virtue and happiness
Aristotle (384-322 BC) believed that ethics have a clear, definite purpose. He defined ethics as the science of achieving eudaimonia, which means “a happy, thriving, […]
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Happiness and Aristotle’s theory of the soul
The process of philosophical development is similar to the process of learning to walk after you have suffered an injury. It takes lots of training […]
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Aristotle’s theory of the soul
People frequently ask me what is the point of studying philosophy? My answer is always short. A few words suffice. The point of studying philosophy […]
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