Nature, Human Nature, and Political Theory: How Aristotle Helps to Clarify RousseauLitke, Justin B
The Greek philosopher Aristotle gave the first recorded writing tip, saying that stories should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Not the most profound advice ever, but over time, this evolved into thethree-act structure, the most commonly used structure today (as opposed to thefive-a...
As AI increasingly shapes the human experience, how does this change what it means to be human? Central to the problem is a person's capacity to make choices, particularly judgments that have moral implications. Aristotle argued that the capacity for making practical judgments depe...
To do so, I divided the book into two parts. In part one, I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people’s digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digita...
Before we continue to describe the next three transformations, we outline here the accumulated change in the three self-pattern processes which present a change to the organism’s actions and its surroundings: Behavioral, Ecological, and Normative processes. The accumulated meditative training (EQ, FA...
Yet wherever this movement toward understanding shows itself, the dialog also shows its fundamentally rhetorical character. The dialog expresses the search for “existing means of persuasion” (Aristotle,Rhet.1355b)—whether of oneself or of someone else. And it is only in seeking and finding such...
Cities need to be places of inclusion, belonging, and access. Failing to do so leads to social and economic costs for citizens, such as the marginalization and exclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons from participating in important servi
How Far Light Travels As a result, it is very difficult to estimate how far light travels. The shortest way to calculate the distance of an object is to take a measurement of its distance. A single gram of light has the ability to travel at a speed of 1.
Did you remember all the points from your cards? Did you remember things in the correct order?Finally, it’s time to let the information grow into something bigger.9. Let the info grow into knowledgeOne of the most important stages of this process is to turn the information you memorized ...
I agree and 2nd ‘SAP’s sentiment and add a *very* to his “well said” –“more than half the battle” indeed! Liked by1 person Reply James Houston March 21, 2014 at 1:01 am Hi Michael, I did say I’d track down what Umberto Eco said about Marco Polo and the unicorn/rhinocer...