Aristotle Essays

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics presents the reader with his thoughts on philosophical matters. In book two chapter four, Aristotle compares and contrasts virtue with the arts. He begins by addressing the possible question of what he means when...

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle devotes the first six books of his Nicomachean Ethics to a discussion of virtue. In doing so he divides virtue into two different categories: moral virtue and intellectual virtue and discusses them individually. However, in our approach...

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

Friendship is arguably the most relevant philosophical matter expounded upon in The Nicomachean Ethics. While other virtues may not be practiced on a daily basis, friendship and the implications of such a relationship are somewhat more consistent....

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

Several of the most famous stories told to young children were Aesop’s fables, creative stories designed to teach valuable life lessons. One of the most memorable to me was the fable about the lion that spared a mouse’s life and was later rescued...

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

In The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle concerns himself with eudaimonia, the concept of a happy and fulfilling life. Eudaimonia is gained from meaningful happiness, which in turn in achieved through virtuous acts. Greek culture often favored the...