Essays about: "Aristotle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the word Aristotle.

1. 1. Aristotle and Romantic Love : A Study of Romantic Love and If It Can Be Part of Aristotle's Eudaimonia

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Anna-Maria Inzsöl; [2023]
   Keywords : Aristotle; Love; Eudaimonia; Virtue; Virtue Ethics;

   Abstract : This essay will research aspects of romantic love, as well as aspects of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The purpose of the essay is to discuss if romantic love can be part of virtue ethics and eudaimonia. The philosopher Raja Halwani presents two concepts of romantic love that are relevant to the discussion. READ MORE

3. 2. Teaching Coming Out Stories through Young Adult Literature in Upper Secondary School : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Jennifer Maraoge; [2023]
   Keywords : Queer; Anti-Oppressive Education; Queer Pedagogy; Silenced Discourse; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Swedish Curriculum; Upper Secondary School; Young Adult Literature; Ethnic Minorities; Coming Out Story;

   Abstract : The Young Adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe portrays the coming out stories of two queer Mexican American boys who struggle with their ethnicity and sexuality, which leads to internal conflicts. The focus of the analysis in the essay is to investigate how the novel can be taught in Upper Secondary classrooms through queer pedagogy and anti-oppressive approaches focusing on silenced discourse. READ MORE

4. 3. Political Knowledge of The European Union among Finnish Citizens and Its Effects to Political Participation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Rosa Pakarinen; [2020]
   Keywords : Political Participation; Political Knowledge; European Union; Finland; Democracy;

   Abstract : The discussion about what kind of standards are required from democratic citizens dates back to Ancient Greece, Aristotle, and Plato. Democracies require democratic citizens with specific knowledge, competences, and character to work properly (Galston, 2001, p.217). READ MORE

5. 4. Rhetoric of Two Inaugural Speeches : An Analysis of Rhetoric Types and Features in American Inaugural Speeches

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Christopher Gajaweera; [2020]
   Keywords : Abstract; Anti-intellectual; Aristotle; Assertive; Conversational; Democratic; Linguistics; Persuasion.;

   Abstract : This paper will study the use of rhetoric types and features in two inaugural speeches, the possibility if categorizing each speech as one rhetoric type, which speech uses Aristotle’s three means of persuasion better and the methods applicability in categorizing the speeches under the “plebiscitary period’s” four qualities. The two speeches that were used are Donald J. READ MORE

6. 5. On how we acquire knowledge of first principles (archai) in Aristotle : A defense of intuition (nous) understood as integral to induction (epagoge)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Tim Collin Kuyvenhoven; [2020]
   Keywords : Aristotle; intutition; first philosophy; first prinicples; induction; epistemology; Nous; Episteme; Archai; epagoge; logos; hexis; Aristoteles; intution; första principer; induktion; kunskapsteori; Barnes; metafysik; om själen;

   Abstract : In this essay I consider from various perspectives the question of whether, for Aristotle, intuition (nous) is part of the process of induction (epagoge) helping to reach the first principles (archai) or whether nous is rather a state of knowing first brought about through a successful induction alone. I have argued we should be careful of drawing conclusions about the nature of the involvement of nous in the grasping of first principles on the basis of APo alone. READ MORE