IS PHILOSOPHY? Philosophy is a question that gives us the answer to a question about meaning of life and objective life that given to us. Philosophy is also a way for us to know the value of life and what is the reason for our existence in this world. Philosophy is a question that have a variety of the answer based on a question by various patterns of life and ideological background. Philosophy is the meaning of life and why it’s given to us an insight into the existence us and the reason and question
human beings want to lead a ‘good life’ and be ‘happy’. Aristotle addresses this fundamental quest of human existence by postulating what really is the ultimate good of human life. Nicomachean Ethics is an investigation to figure out the ultimate goal of human life. Aristotle argues that ethics as a discipline has more to do with application than mere theory. He dives deep into the reservoir of his mind and inquires about ‘what is the ultimate good of human life’ not just to reach a definite conclusion
Have the roles of women been stuck in the same place for too long? What have the female social norms been like throughout time? In what ways have women gone about changing the way society sets up their lives for them? Many times, we find ourselves trying to answer these questions when the reality is that we need to know more. The history of how women have been viewed, and what their social norms were, is very dense and highly extensive. The history of how women are viewed can be traced all the way
Plato was the most brilliant and famous disciple of Socrates. He was born in May-June 428/27 BC in Athens to a noble and aristocratic family. His real name was Aristocles meaning the best and renowned. His nickname Plato was given by the term platys, because of his broad and strong shoulders. He was very good in the study of music, poetry, mathematics and rhetoric. It was at the age of 20 that Plato met Socrates and since then was mesmerized by him. So deep was his influence on him that he gave up
private and public life in ancient Greece. According to Fontenrose, people would generally seek divine consultation on occasions like these: plague, famine, catastrophe, war or casus belli, rulership matters, welfare of a city or a state, colonization, portents or prodigies, worship of the gods and religious issues. • Private Life As far as private life is concerned, people consulted the divine on many occasions, asking almost about everything concerning their every day life. According to the
compare and contrast the moral and political duties and characteristics of a citizen according to Plato and Aristotle. The essay will be splitted into three parts. The first part will focus on Plato’s description of citizen’s duties, followed by Aristotle’s view on it. The comparison and highlighting of the differences and similarities between philosophers will be given at the next part. Finally, it will be concluded that Aristotle and Plato have a range of notable differences as well as similarities
enigmatic of the freezer cracks. Heraclitus was born in approximately 540 BC in the Greek city of Ephesus. Out of all the pre Socratic's , the ideas of heraclitus is so the most difficult to understand. Ancient philosophers struggled mightily and attempting to decipher his paradoxical aphorism and to subsequently nicknamed him “The Riddler” and “The Dark”. There's a story that when Scrates was asked what he thought about Heraclitus's book ,he replied “what I understood was fine and no doubt also what
Hedonism, the word, is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘hēdonē’ meaning pleasure. This ethical theory states how pleasure (in terms of a persons satisfaction and desires) is what all humans aspire to, as it is in their opinion the highest good in life. Hedonists believe that we are only motivated by pleasure or pain as humans. Now the idea of pleasure is a pretty broad concept. Pleasure can be seen as delight, a pleasant feeling, ecstasy, contentment, elation, exhilaration, love, gratification
could mean knowledge that can withstand time or knowledge that cannot be disproved. Through this, I was able to create a definition that would relate towards Theory of Knowledge. Robust knowledge can be applied to every day and to practical aspects of life. This question also asks, to what extent is robust knowledge gained through a consensus and what extent is robust knowledge gained through disagreement? We must investigate both aspects in depth as well as when used
ancient Greek philosophers were considering about psychological issues. Hippocrates (400 BC) consider a relationship between personality and body. Aristotle connected the soul with the body (Barker, 2003). After centuries, Rene Descartes in 1650, believed that mind and body interact and influence each other. Almost forty years later, John Locke claimed that a newborn mind is tabula rasa, a blank slate and everything