A Placid Life: The Athenian Years of a Philosopher
Exploring a 4th-century BCE Athenian philosopher's life in Athens, discussing key concepts and relationships with schools of thought, including Stoicism and Epicureanism.
Aristotle
The Challenge of Inductive Reasoning
A philosophical analysis of ancient Greek thought, particularly Pyrrhonism, its critique of Aristotelian logic, and implications for modern epistemology.
The Concept of Motion: A Philosophical Exploration
Exploring the concept of motion through philosophical perspectives on potentiality, relativity, and perception.
The Nature of Teleology: Understanding Aristotle's Concept
Aristotle's concept of teleology has been influential in shaping Western thought, exploring the relationship between purposes, goals, and natural processes.
Aristotle's Cosmology: A Study of Physics and On the Heavens
An introduction to Aristotle's cosmology, exploring his influential works 'Physics' and 'On the Heavens', which shaped Western philosophy and science for centuries.
The Nature of the State: A Critical Examination
Exploring Aristotle's philosophy on the nature of the state, foreign conquest, and the distinction between means and ends.
The Conflict Between Plato's Communism and Aristotle's Private Property
Philosophical debates on communism vs private property in ancient Greece, highlighting Plato's ideal society and Aristotle's defense of individual ownership.
The Nature of Wealth and Trade
Exploring the scholastic perspective on the nature of wealth and trade, including key concepts, figures, and debates in the medieval period.
The Concept of the State in Aristotle's Philosophy
An introduction to Aristotle's concept of the State, its purpose, and significance in achieving eudaimonia, with a focus on its historical context and relevance to modern societies.
The Limits of Aristotle's Ethics
This article critiques Aristotle's Ethics, arguing that it neglects human emotions and relationships in its focus on reason and virtue development.
The Concept of Happiness in Aristotle's Ethics
Exploring Aristotle's concept of eudaimonia as happiness and its implications for virtue development, habituation, and intellectual contemplation.
The Merits and Demerits of Aristotelian Ethics
An accessible guide to key arguments and concepts, explaining how Aristotelian ethical views emerged, what they claim, and why they matter today.
The Subordination of Ethics to Politics: An Aristotelian Perspective
Aristotle's Virtue Theory emphasizes context-dependent virtues related to one's role in society, influencing the relationship between ethics and politics.
The Evolution of Virtue: Stoic-Christian Ethics and the Challenge to Aristotelian Morality
An exploration of Stoic-Christian ethics, its evolution, key concepts, figures, and mechanisms that challenged Aristotelian morality.
The Virtue of Magnanimity: A Study on Aristotelian Ethics
A study on Aristotelian ethics examining magnanimity, a virtue that is central to Aristotle's ethics.
The Doctrine of the Golden Mean: A Study of Virtue
A comprehensive guide to Aristotle's concept of the golden mean, exploring its significance in virtue ethics and its evolution over time.
The Concept of Immortality in Aristotle's Philosophy
Exploring Aristotle's concept of immortality in ancient Greek philosophy
The Concept of the Unmoved Mover
An introduction to Aristotle's concept of the Unmoved Mover, its relationship to his metaphysics, and implications for human action.
Aristotle's Theory of Forms: A Study on Metaphysics and Epistemology
Aristotle's Theory of Forms explores the implications of his metaphysical framework on our understanding of reality.
The Concept of Essence: A Philosophical Exploration
A comprehensive exploration of Aristotle's concept of essence, its development through scholasticism, and its implications for metaphysics, epistemology, and logic.