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Aristotle

Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC Aristotle ( , Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)That these undisputed dates (the first half of...

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Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC Influence on Islamic theologians Aristotle was one of the most revered Western thinkers in early Islamic theology....

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Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC According to a distinction that originates with Aristotle himself, his writings are divisible into two groups: the...

Aristotle

Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC On the one hand, the surviving texts of Aristotle do not derive from finished literary texts, but...

Aristotle

Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC Rhetoric and poetics Aristotle considered epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry and music to be imitative, each...

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Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC In a similar fashion, Aristotle believed that creatures were arranged in a graded scale of perfection rising...

Aristotle

Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC For Aristotle, the soul (psyche) was a simpler concept than it is for us today. By soul...

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Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC In addition, Aristotle disagreed with Plato about the location of universals. As Plato spoke of the world...

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Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC With regard to the change (kinesis) and its causes now, as he defines in his Physics and...

Aristotle

Philosophers May 18, 2019

Aristotle : biography 384 BC - 322 BC Additionally, things can be causes of one another, causing each other reciprocally, as hard work causes fitness...