Now the turn has come to say more both about which virtues, and capacities, Aristotle had in mind and how agents are expected to acquire them. While the focus in this chapter is on the character virtues as well as the intellectual virtues the discussion also extends to how agents are suppo...
thing to say about the Rhetoric in connection with such questions of the morality of rhetoric is that Aristotle has very little to say about them, and, as far as I can tell, very little interest in them.[…]It is worth asking why these questions have so little interest for Aristotle."...
famous for his (literally) encyclopedic knowledge: between the Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles, there are some 38,000 citations, including 25,000 biblical citations, 8,000 references to Christian authors (usually the Church Fathers), and 5,000 to non-Christian authors like Aristotle....
An understanding of persuasive speaking must start with Aristotle. He was the fiercely logical Greek thinker, who had enough insight to realize that fierce logic is rarely enough to create a persuasive argument. He identified three components of persuasive speech which, to give them their Greek nam...
This is also the case for atheists — those who don't believe in God. Atheists use Occam's razor in conjunction with Aristotle's idea of simplicity equaling perfection to prove that there is no God. If there were, say atheists, then the universe would be a whole lot simpler right...
Can we adapt? This is a very old point. Amazingly, Aristotle actually has a passage where he says, “look, if we had fully automated weaving machines and plectrums that could pluck the lyre and produce music without any humans, then we wou...
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“Why does the world literally feel different when you are stressed out?” he said. “This is the first step towards answering that question. It gives us a way to approach it with experimental rigor (严谨).” 1. What contributed to humans’ being ticklish according to Aristotle?
There is no shortage of advice to the young scientist. The challenge is to distinguish the good advice from the not-so-good advice. Aristotle said the one thing that distinguishes humans from all other animals is that “man is a list-making creature.” Not one to disappoint Aristotle, I ...
No matter the format or topic, a strong argumentative essay outline makes it easier to organize your thoughts and present your case in the best possible way. So before you get down to the actualessay writing, take a little time to prepare what you want to say in an outline. ...