Category: Philosophy
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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 BCE) 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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Aristotle’s concept of teleology
You can accurately predict a person’s future if you know his goals and the intensity of his motivation. Aristotle, one of the three most influential […]
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Aristotle’s theory of the four causes
In this article, I present one of Aristotle’s key contributions to philosophy. Aristotle’s theory of the four causes seems at first sight very easy to […]
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Aristotle’s philosophy of metaphysics
The first thing to say about Aristotle’s metaphysics is that its very name has become misleading. The original Ancient Greek text is using the term […]
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Aristotle’s theory of causality
It is not easy to summarize the work of a lifetime in one sentence, especially when the person in question has written one and half […]
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