Power Points...

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Here are the powerpoints of Plato and Aristotle... Please make comments if there are questions... about the ppt's

Plato's Republic




Aristotle/Plato ppt

Question for discussion

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Be on the look out for additional questions for your midterm papers. I will be emailing them shortly. Please answer the following questions. Feel free to respond to your classmates responses also.

How does Aristotle's concept of excess and defect relate to morality?

Is moderation a compelling model of the ethical life? how so?


Are ethics innate or does experience provide a more valid perspective?

Wednesday February 18, 2009

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I was not able to put the movie online because the file was too large. Please post your thoughts about the movie, thus far... maybe some questions...

Also respond to the following questions:

At what place or issue does Aristotle draw his primary difference in thinking from Plato?


Is there an underlying theme in the Republic? Nicomachean Ethics?

Describe how "the good" is achieved for Socrates and Aristotle, what are the similarities and differences?

In what ways can you trace Socratic and Aristotelean Thinking in our modern society?

Introduction to philosophy

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At this point you should've read the first 5 books of the Republic. Please respond to the following questions:

Why does Socrates object to the sophists and how does this objection relate to his philosophical position?