The article by Alan Lightman is about asking questions and finding answers rather than simply accepting was it already known as fact. The article by Lightman is about finally realizing that we have been accepting of many things without question. Lightman uses himself as an example, that due to ...

In 407 B.C Plato, a Greek Philosopher became a student of Socrates. He turned these great teachings of Socrates in to a career of his own. He was a son of wealthy and influential Athenian parents. When his master teacher died, Plato travelled to Egypt and Italy, where he studied with students of ...

In this essay I will try to answer the proposed essay question: "Compare and contrast ancient/medieval and mercantilist economic ideas on the market as an embedded institution." I will begin by discussing ancient/medieval economic ideas and talk a little bit about Thomas Aquinas. Th...

Aristotle believed that for something to be real it had to have a substance and a form or a body and a soul. Aristotle found no difference between matter and form, relying on nature to explain itself. He believed that each person can see form differently. What makes a table a table? The way Aris...

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. This is one of the most profound philosophical statements ever made. Aristotle was influenced by the short upbringing of his parents, particularly that of his father, who died when he was only ten years old. His father was a doctor. Aristotle was ra...

Aristotle It's neat how the universe works. Through out our existence we had our pros and cons. The way we dealt with problems was with or knowledge that we had with our experiences in life, we developed some theories and methods to find the answer to any major questions we had in life. We sti...

What was so enlightened about the enlightenment? Where is the evidence of how it enlightened anybody? The enlightenment was a period where previous notions of our world were disregarded and new views adopted in their place. Authority no longer came from divine scripture, ancient philosophers, or th...

Aristotle Aristotle was a famous ancient philosopher and scientist that lived from 384 to 322 B.C. He was born in Macedonia to a physician of the royal court. He moved to Athens when he was 17, to study with Plato, another famous philosopher of his time. Aristotle is said to have loved hi...

Aristotle defines virtue as acquiring excellence through the fulfillment of a particular function. Stating that all people are born with the potential to be virtuous yet they must act accordingly through their function. Any function good and well must possess a telos or end objective which a soul ...

The whimsical visage of the mystic Greek actors can be still found in many melodramatic plays and performances in the western hemisphere to this day. From the pure architecture of the theatrical buildings to the actors themselves, historic Greece has had a chief impact on contemporary civilizations...

Since the creation of man, his surroundings and environment have mystified him. Many so called scientists have experimented and researched to explain the many wonders of man and how things work. To better understand natural philosophy and the way it developed over the many years of human existence, ...

In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores both justice and friendship as ways of maintaining the social and political fabric. Aristotle is concerned with discerning what constitutes the good life, and for him that good life can be found in city life and infriendship. To maintain order among men,...

Our modern concept of happiness appears to be one synonymous with contentment. A happy person is one who leads a life in which they are content with their actions. However, the Aristotelian conception of happiness, or of eudaemonia, is a compound, made of matter and spirit, of sense and intelligen...

As one of the greatest Greek philosophers, Socrates had a passionateconcern to discover valid guidelines for leading a just life and to provethat justice is better than injustice under all circumstances which ineffect gave a new direction to Greek philosophy and teaching. Compared tomost of hi...