BY Christian Ford. It was Aristotle who fixed the notion of humanity as zōon politikon, that is,a political animal. His meaning was not that we have an intrinsic interest in endless election seasons, but rather
Aristotle wrote that “music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”“Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul,” he wrote. “…when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued ...
The idea of “protecting nature” seldom uses the second definition, as the universe itself is not under threat (and is beyond man’s protection), and physical properties of material things are not changing. This definition, already provided by Aristotle, is by far the most inclusive, and hen...
No longer an organismic ontology, as Aristotle did, but a thing ontology. A thing ontology as artifacts, thing. [1:21:44] So a thing occupies space, you see what I mean. And that is why I say it focuses primarily on space. Newtonian science and Newtonian cosmology. Now, of course, ...
by scienc,but so often convinced in their adolescence that science is not for them.I know personall,both from having science explained to me and from my attempts to explain it to other,how gratifying it is when we get i,when obscure terms suddenly take on meanin,when we grasp what all...
[that is] one that I certainly, with libertarians, have a big disagreement. To me, this is where the economics profession is just weird, because we’re not living in a world like the world of Adam Smith—much less the world of Aristotle—where everybody was poor. We’re living an ...
This definition, already provided by Aristotle, is by far the most inclusive, and hence supposed to be the least political one, as we cannot act on it. However, this definition can be used in political controversies, be it by people saying that "saving nature" is beyond our reach, or ...
The term “categorial” is traditionally used, and is so used by both Lewis and Sellars, to mean “pertaining to the categories” of the sort discussed by Aristotle and Kant, whether in “categorial ontology” (attempting to articulate the fundamental kinds of being) or in relation to fundam...
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. —Aristotle 58 When I'm interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself - to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly. —Bill Rancic ...