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Aristotle’s Ethics

Courses, History of Philosophy, Moral theory, Politics

December 19, 2020/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS For Aristotle ethics and politics are fundamentally intertwined. He understands both domains functionally. The human function or purpose, he argues,...

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Aristotle’s Aesthetics (4)

Art and Music, Courses, History of Philosophy, Moral theory, On Art and Music, On Reason, Poetry

October 14, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS While Plato's aesthetics fundamentally focuses on moral questions of art, Aristotle's examines the rhetorical form and structure of tragedy and...

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Aristotle’s Ethics (3)

Courses, History of Philosophy, Moral theory, Politics

October 14, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS For Aristotle ethics and politics are fundamentally intertwined. He understands both domains functionally. The human function or purpose, he argues,...

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The Sophists: An Overview

Courses, History of Philosophy, Philosophy

September 19, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS The predominant view of the sophists comes to us from Plato's dialogues, many of which are named after the most famous...

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Introductory Overview: Hindu and Buddhist Thought (1)

Courses, Eastern Philosophy, History of Philosophy

August 31, 2018/by Darrell Arnold

Sankara (print, presumably from Ravi Varmar's studio, early 1900) RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Indian Philosophy The Axial Age The German philosopher Karl Jaspers has characterized the period...

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