Questions tagged [aristotle]
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, famous for his prolific writings on a vast array of subjects, including logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, politics, and even the natural sciences. He is widely considered a "founding figure" in Western philosophy.
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How many academic research papers were devoted to the study of Aristotle's intellectual inheritance? [closed]
"The vast range of Aristotle’s contributions to various fields of knowledge, from philosophy and science to arts and politics, makes him a fascinating subject for academic research. "
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Aristotle definition of irony
Several internet sources quote Aristotle describing irony as “dissembling toward the inner core of truth.” I wonder if this is an elegantly worded butchery of Nicomachean Ethics 1108a20. But it ...
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How to Study Aristotles Ethics
I know that there have been several posts on where to start reading Aristotle, but I think this one would be a little different approach than usual so I think I should ask.
My aim to study Aristotle ...
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Aristotle and "Every X is every Y" falsity
I am currently reading "On Interpretation" by Aristotle, and in the section 7 there is the following statement:
If, however, both predicate and subject are distributed, the proposition thus ...
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Did Aristotle think that essence and existence are the same thing or that they are different things?
What did Aristotle think about this distinction?
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Is the good life a happy one?
I am curious whether the good life is also, somewhat by necessity, a happy one? I am basing this off of the concept that happiness is not merely feeling good all the time, but rather in the sense of ...
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What does "categorical" mean for Kant?
I have always understood the word Category, in "categorical imperative", as a synonym for absolute, universal. It's the usual way we understand the word nowadays.
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What kind of things have causes and are causes for Aristotle?
In Aristotle's Categories he tells us there are a certain number of kinds of things for example; quantity, quality and substance. Later in the works he writes about causes of things but I don't know ...
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Did Aristotle believe that the soul influences the body?
In De Anima, Aristotle states that the soul of an animal is realized in its physical form.
Does this mean that he believes souls are like biological blueprints, and that when applied to any sort of ...
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Can Aristotle's non substance categories be present in other non substance categories?
Is it possible to predicate non substance of other non substance in Aristotle's categories?
For example is predicating a quality of a quantity, or quality of an action valid in Aristotle's philosophy?
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Does hylomorphism have anything to do with the extremely broad use of "form" in scholasticism?
Introductions to the Aristotelian concept of form always begin with hylomorphism: everyday objects (like horses) are composed of matter and form. The form is the intelligibility of the thing (e.g., ...
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How are number quantities predicated of substances for Aristotle?
I can see how the quality 'white' is present in a subject since a flower's petal I am looking at is white. But, with number quantities they don't seem to be present in a particular substance like '...
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Aristotle plurality is a number?
Is it true that a plurality of indivisible units is a number because it is categorised that way? for example 10 dogs is a 10?
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Aristotle's Golden Balance - bad for the economy?
Matt Haig in this quote: “Happiness is not good for the economy. We
are encouraged, continually, to be a little bit dissatisfied with
ourselves. …To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be
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What does Aristotle mean by "poiein"?
When Aristotle talks about poiein does he mean the accomplishment or the actual undertaking of something?
For e.g. with "the man was cutting a hedge" and "the man cut a hedge", ...
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