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The second part is the appetites, with their job being to have restraint and avoid excess. The third part is reason, with reason's job being to control both the spirit and the appetites. According to Plato, an individual's soul becomes virtuous when the three parts are all operating together effectively and this occurs when a person is living a good life. One of the most important points about this view is that it shows how living a good life and being virtuous is a matter of control. This means that a person is not either inherently good or inherently bad. Instead, a person has both good parts and bad parts. To achieve virtue and live a good life means controlling the bad parts and choosing good. Plato also went on to state that for a person to manage themselves and live a good life, they must first understand themselves. This refers to the fact that people will have appetites that make them want to act in ways that are not virtuous. By understanding these desires and the reasons behind them, the individual is able to gain control and willingly choose the good.
The first is the idea that people's souls are not either good or bad. This concept does not adequately explain why people act the way they do, while Plato's view where a person struggles to overcome the bad is a more suitable explanation. Aristotle's view that a person learns to act in good ways out of habit is also questionable, especially when it is considered that Aristotle does not believe that the soul is capable of reason. If this is true, what is the motivation for acting in good ways? Presumably, the soul must gain some kind of reward for the good behavior to continue. Plato's view where the soul has virtue is a better explanation because it shows why good actions result in positive rewards. Finally, Aristotle's ideas lack the link between happiness and virtue. Without this link, it is unclear how living a good life results in inner happiness. Plato's views make this link by his belief that only a virtuous soul can achieve happiness.
" In other words, he philosopher advocates temperance, especially as far as emotion is concerned. This is combined with actions or "habits," as Aristotle terms them. A person who is temperate while also engaging in "good" activities or habits can then be said to be virtuous. It appears that this definition fits well with what could constitute "good" even in today's terms. A person who would disagree with the above might
Aristotle & Metaphysics Aristotle calls the science he is seeking 'first philosophy or theology'. The objective of this study is to answer the question of what does first philosophy or theology consist and what is its object. In addition, this study will ask in what ways that it differs from other sciences and in what sense is it first? In the final analysis this study will answer if Aristotle's 'first philosophy
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Aristotle's View Of Friendship Aristotle views friendship as one of the most necessary and integral components to life, something sought after by all men. He goes so far as to imply that without friendship, life is not worth living at all. Friendship is described by Aristotle as one of the most important human needs, more so than power, status or prestige and is held in higher regard than these things by
This could consist of platonic pleasure or erotic pleasure. Because this, like Utilitarian Friendships, is based on superficial foundations, it does not stand the test of time. The final way to Friendship is through a true "goodness of character." Aristotle believed that all human beings have a capacity for goodness of character; yet it takes practice and effort to reach a respectable level of moral integrity. Friendships based on
Aristotle and Tragedy To Aristotle, tragedy had to follow certain characteristics. These included certain rendering of protagonist, the style of the writing, the direction of the plot, the diction, the reflection, the context, and the melody. Each and everything had its own nuances and meaning and the ideal Tragedy would be written in such a way that the reader or spectator would find the protagonist similar to himself and pity him