Aristotle

Examples of Aristotle in the following topics:

• Classical Greek Philosophy

  • The three most famous Classical Greek philosophers are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
  • Of these philosophers, the most famous are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
  • Aristotle is often portrayed as disagreeing with his teacher, Plato.
  • Aristotle did not consider virtue to be simple knowledge as Plato did, but founded in one’s nature, habit, and reason.
  • Roman copy in marble of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippus, c. 330 BCE.

• Theories of Democracy

  • Theoretically, Aristotle contrasted rule by the many (democracy/polity) with rule by the few (oligarchy/aristocracy) and with rule by a single person (tyranny or autocracy/monarchy).
  • For Aristotle, the underlying principle of democracy is freedom, since only in a democracy can the citizens have a share in freedom.

• History of Public Speaking

  • We will begin an overview of four Ancient Greek philosophers, also known as the "fantastic four"Aspasia of Miletus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
  • Aristotle (384-322 BCE) is the most famous Greek Scholar.
  • Aristotle studied in Plato's Academy where he later taught public speaking until Plato's death in 347 BCE.
  • Aristotle defined rhetoric as the "faculty of discovering the possible means of persuasion in reference to any subject whatever."
  • Aristotle divided the "means of persuasion" into three parts, or three artistic proofs, necessary to persuade others: logical reason (logos), human character (ethos), and emotional appeal (pathos).

• Logic

  • Aristotle (384-322BCE) is usually credited with formalizing syllogistic or deductive reasoning.
  • Creighton argues that Bacon's Novum Organum was to replace Aristotle as the preeminent guide to the process of acquiring knowledge.
  • "Bacon did for inductive logic what Aristotle did for the theory of the syllogism.

• Building Credibility

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  • Aristotle argues that establishing good character is one of the most important means of persuasion.

• Personal ethics: four ethical approaches

  • This is where Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) comes in.
  • Aristotle begins his thinking about ethics by asking, "What do people desire?
  • But happiness does not do Aristotle or his ethics justice.
  • " For Aristotle happiness was not something one acquired by chance.
  • That is not the true end of ethics so far as Aristotle was concerned.

• History of Cognition

  • The Greek philosopher Aristotle was interested in many fields, including the inner workings of the mind and how they affect the human experience.

• Introduction to Microeconomics

  • Xenophon [430-355 BCE], Plato [427-347 BCE] and Aristotle [384-322 BCE]) through the Classical economists (e.g.

• Back to Maxwell's Equations

  • The aether was originally proposed by Aristotle and experiments agreed with it for about 2,200 years, so throwing it away was a big deal.

• Thinking Politically

  • According to Aristotle, States are classified into monarchies, aristocracies, timocracies, democracies, oligarchies, and tyrannies.
  • Bust of Aristotle.