Thomas Aquinas believed in God and wanted to prove God's existence to anyone who would not accept his faith alone. We can prove God's existence in different ways, but we cannot prove it by examining the concept of God. Aquinas proves the existence of God in five ways. In “ Summa Theologiae” written by Thomas Aquinas, in his third article he accepts that something necessarily exists which is god. The third way is found to be the most complex out of the five ways. Aquinas states that everything can
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potential shaped by one’s relationships to others? The reading on Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle goes into great depth on the many types of friendships and how each one differs from the next. Aristotle identifies the three main types of friendships; the friendship of goodness, friendship for the sake of utility, and friendship for the sake of pleasure. The friendship that only seeks pleasure is, according to Aristotle, a bad friendship because the goal is merely to benefit one person and not both people
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Euthyphro from Plato's Five Dialogues, Socrates discuss with Euthyphro to the question "What is piety?” Euthyphro responded with and answer to Socrates many different definitions of piety but really not one of the answers Socrates likes. For every definition that Socrates gets from Euthyphro, Socrates would have a debate about it. With One of Euthyphro attempt to the definition of piety is "what is dear to the gods is pious, what is not is impious” Although this definition was answered in the way
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This court finds Socrates guilty of “inquiring into things below the earth and in the sky, making the weaker argument defeat the stronger, and teaching others to follow his example.” [19b] Each of these charges were brought to the court’s attention by Meletus, and upon reflection after the trial of Socrates, they found these claims to hold evidence under the light of law and justice. This decision was won by a mere thirty votes, and took much consideration on the parts of all jurymen. These jurymen
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Poetry is a lyrical form of writing that shows the reader a distinctive way to interpret different ways of life and thinking. This writing style is much shorter and is seen to be more simple but beautiful. Today, we do not see poetry as something important or popular. It seems we have almost forgot about this literature. In Ancient China, during the Tao Qian and Tang Dynasty, poetry was tremendously important to the citizens of the Chinese culture. The poets presented beautiful and meaningful themes
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Comparison is a principal concept in understanding both social and political issues between states. It allows individuals to better conceptualize the differences between states and thus formulate different ways to improve on their own states. By doing this, important political and social questions such as those regarding gun control, national identities, culture and values can be answered. These questions can best be expressed in Hirschfield, Laczko and Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart’s articles
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Aristotle was more than a philosopher,aristotle was a scientist,astronomer,political theorist. NO philosopher had a greater or wider ranging influence in the history or philosophy than him.Aristotle actually was the inventor of what is now called symbolic or formal logic(philip stokes). Aristotle believed that humans exist to achieve their own personal happiness.He also believed that each individual
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The Conviction and Execution of Socrates The Athenians convicted and executed Socrates because they believed his questioning of societal norms, his ability to persuade youth, and his lack of piety to the true gods was endangering the stability of the city-state. In his apology, Socrates argued that the main reason Athenians were unhappy with him was because of his belief that he had more knowledge than even the wisest men of the city. He believed they were embarrassed and outraged that he’d exposed
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Inspiration comes in different forms to different people. For a photographer, inspiration may come to them in the form of the sun rising over the ocean. For an author, it may be held in the single game changing sentence that could bring tears to the eyes of a war hardened veteran. However, for me, inspiration comes in the form of a teenage girl from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, and her name is Malala. In her book, I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai details her life starting from the beginning in a small
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Response #1 In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle defines virtue extensively, and thus relates that definition to the activity of happiness and leading a happy life. Firstly, Aristotle begins to discuss virtue in book two, chapter one, stating, “Virtue, then, being of two kinds, intellectual and moral, intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching (for which reason it requires experience and time), while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit, whence also its name(ethike)
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