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Plato comprises much of his teachings and theories through his translation of "the forms". The forms are the eternal perfect image of an object or being. They are eternal and unchanging and exist above the physical world; Plato determined that to trust the senses interpretation of the world through the...
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Before I begin discussing Aristotle"s account of virtue in the second book of the " Ethics", it must be understood that I am pre-supposing a knowledge of the first book of this philosophical work, and Aristotle"s discussion of happiness being the best possible good for man, and his conclusion that...
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The title mentions choice. It is important to realise that in describing a scene, writers are not merely mechanical mouthpieces for untidy reality. Conscious or not, their choice of what to include in the picture they paint feeds the reader a highly stylised representation of reality. Or rather, a...
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In Nicomachean Ethics book VII, Aristotle presents us with a discussion on the states of character. A major part of this is his theory of acrasia, which translates into English imperfectly as something like weak-will or incontinence. Aristotle's theory of acrasia goes against the view that no one knowingly...
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Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and...
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Satire can be crude, but we don't have to read it crudely. Before we turn on Satire or let it turn on us, before we gorge ourselves on the lanx satura of delinquents, gluttons, womanisers, social climbers, parasites and the like, let us step outside, if we can, and...
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In scene 441ff Sophocles stages two opposed portraits: Creon regal and authoritative in his kingly robe, staff in hand, a male standing against the background of the city, whilst Antigone bows her head, hair ripped and mourning dress torn, a woman surrounded by the home and family. It is...
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It is impossible, and undesirable, to separate war in and between ancient Greek poleis from their economies or from their societies, or to separate their economies and societies from each other. Nor is it helpful to consider 'war' as a freestanding factor that can be added, like an ingredient...
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