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Existence Of God Concept Of God
1,619 wordsThe cosmological argument was first introduced by Aristotle and later refined in western Europe by the celebrated Christian theologian, Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274 CE). In the Islamic tradition, it was adopted by Al-Kindi, and Ibn Rush (Averroes). The argument has several forms, the basic first-cause argument runs as follows. Every event must have a cause, and each cause must in turn have its own cause, and so forth. Hence, there must either be an infinite regress of causes or there must be a starti...
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Prime Mover Moral Virtue
2,213 words... hod and its relevance to education, literary criticism, the analysis of human action, and political analysis Aristotle, like Eudoxus and Callippus before him, believed that each planet followed the path laid out by a certain number of spheres. Callippus had postulated 33 spheres in all, 4 each for Saturn and Jupiter, 5 each for Mars, Venus, Mercury, the sun and the moon. The problem with this model, however, was that, according to Aristotle; it did not explain how the motion of the outer sph...
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Order To Find Prime Mover
1,233 wordsThis philosophy essay discusses views of Aristotle and Nagarjuna on truth and on knowledge that can be obtained from the truth. Both philosophers are famous for their logic. They both share some views of the world. However, mostly their views are different, since Aristotle is the representative of Western philosophy and Nagarjuna of Buddhist one. Outline Introduction Aristotle Nagarjuna Discussion divide being, truth human psychology human soul perception of virtue Conclusion similarities and di...
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21 St Century Gender Roles
1,701 wordsAristotle Today Aristotle is one of the most famous Greek philosophers and one the founders of philosophy as a whole. He lived in 384 - 322 BC and was very well informed and educated in a broad range of different topics including philosophy, science, and biology. One of his biggest achievements was the use of logic in conducting different types of researches, which certainly was a key point of his success. About 400 books belong to Aristotle and they impress with a variety of topics discussed in...
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Meaning Of Life Prime Mover
2,841 wordsLogic and the Meaning of Life In approaching the meaning of life we have to examine the nature of meaning itself. Meaning is by definition the point, or the intended goal. Consider the point of humans and the universe as seen from monotheistic religion. If life and the universe is some sort of toy or form of entertainment for some prime mover, his point, his own entertainment, would then be the meaning of humans and the universe. Consider the goals of the deities of various cultures. Some strive...
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