Proper nounSingular Aristotle Plural - Aristotle
Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings constitute a first at creating a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics. Aristotle's views on the physical sciences profoundly shaped medieval scholarship, and their influence extended well into the Renaissance, although they were ultimately replaced by Newtonian physics. In the biological sciences, some of his observations were confirmed to be accurate only in the nineteenth century. His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, which was incorporated in the late nineteenth century into modern formal logic. In metaphysics, Aristotelianism had a profound influence on philosophical and theological thinking in the Islamic and Jewish traditions in the Middle Ages, and it continues to influence Christian theology, especially Eastern Orthodox theology, and the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church. His ethics, though always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics. All aspects of Aristotle's philosophy continue to be the object of active academic study today. Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues (Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold"), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived. Despite the far-reaching appeal that Aristotle's works have traditionally enjoyed, today modern scholarship questions a substantial portion of the Aristotelian corpus as authentically Aristotle's own. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What are some similarities and differences between the philosophical beliefs of Plato and Aristotle? Q. I've got to right a paper for my Political theory course on Plato and Aristotle. My teacher told me to compare and contrast their philosophical beliefs, can anyone give me some guidance? Asked by Gary - Sun Sep 27 16:01:55 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Plato: the "universal" and the "particular" are separate. For example, to see a chair is not to see the "Form" (eidos) of a chair, but only an imperfect representation. Aristotle: the form of a thing is internal to that thing. So, the form of a kitten is contained in the very internal constitution of a cat. This allows Aristotle to introduce "teleology" into his epistemology. The kitten is internally constituted to reach its natural "telos," namely, to become a cat. Cheers. Answered by fLuXeDuP - Sun Sep 27 16:28:19 2009 How did aristotle think one can achieve a good life? Q. i have to write a report on how aristotle thought one should live and achieve a good life. I can't seem to find anything. can someone point me in the right direction. Asked by sally - Mon Oct 6 02:01:48 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. By living life in accordance with the virtues. A virtue is the mean between two vices. The Golden Mean. For detailed info you need to read the Nicomachean Ethics. Basically for Aristotle, as a general rule of thumb, living the good life would involve balance. Everything is balance. Hence, the virtues. If you can't get your hands on an entire version of Nicomachean Ethics, or do not have the time to read through it, you can have the info spoon fed to you through Wikipedia: edit: oh i forgot to mention the concept of Eudamonia. This is the whole foundation of Aristotle's ethics. Eudamonia is the good at which all things aim, the goal that all people should direct their efforts to. It is a greek word, which is commonly translated as "happin [cont.] Answered by Brian - Mon Oct 6 03:40:00 2008 Experts on Aristotle or good knowledge of interpertation answer this question please?
Q. Aristotle once said: I see the universe as a scale lying between two extremes: form without matter on one end and matter without form on the other end. can someone explain what he means by this? Asked by yellaaa :] - Mon Oct 29 20:03:52 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. On one extreme lies form without matter: The Platonic concept of the "eideai" the ideal form, out of which all the sensible objects and entities are but copies, an extreme idealism that gave actual intrinsic and formal existence to perfect ideas without the need of matter. On the other side of the spectrum were the cinics, the stoics and the epicureans, who followed Democritus in assessing that all that there was, was matter and that there was no supreme essence in the world, but matter and atoms, and that we should be either indiferent to the mond: the cinics, adapted to the world and live with it the best we could: the stoics, and use it for pleasure: the epicureans. Now Aristotle brings forth the concept of essence, that the particular… [cont.] Answered by Dominicanus - Mon Oct 29 20:34:43 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "aristotle"  news.google.com First Things (blog) Descartes here weighs in on an old problem found in Aristotle's Posterior Analytics regarding whether logic can be construed as a mode of discovery or a ... news.google.com Web Devil Glancing half-heartedly through the cardboard bins' contents my eyes landed upon a large, amber-bound collection of the complete writings of Aristotle for ... news.google.com Motley Fool There were plenty of stocks making new 52-week highs last week -- 395 on the NYSE and 252 Nasdaq-listed companies to be exact, ... and more » From Google News Search: "aristotle" From Yahoo Image Search: "aristotle"  execupundit.com Michael Wade Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:27:00 GM Circulate this to your employees: Cultural Offering discovers a touch of . Aristotle. at the car wash. An excerpt: As I paid, an employee stopped by to ask him whether a potential employee had called. Our cashier recited the calls he had ...  evolvingthoughts.net John Wilkins Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:26:58 GM As always, . Aristotle. is a more subtle figure than it at first seems. He is discussing under what conditions tyrants might succeed. He has already, prior to this passage, shown how tyranny can arise from simple democracy (what we might ...  aphilosopher.wordpress.com Michael LaBossiere Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:56:28 GM To steal a bit from . Aristotle. , it is easy to spend money, it is easy to get angry, and it is easy to get fat. It is hard to spend money wisely, it is hard to know when to be angry and at what, and it is hard to stay fit. ... From Google Blog Search: "aristotle" Aristotle (Αριστοτέλης; Aristotelēs) (384 BC – 7 March 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and a scientist. ContentsSourced
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