Essays on Philosophers

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The Question of Political Regime

6 pages / 2761 words

What is the best regime? Building from his discussion of happiness, virtue, and the good life in Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle answers this question elaborately in his later text, The Politics. In his elaboration, Aristotle investigates numerous regimes, looking particularly at what claims bring them about...

Aristotle

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Aristotelian Perspective on The Marital Relationship and Logical Fallacies

4 pages / 2047 words

Aristotle dedicates the first book of Politics to discuss households, and argues that to study the larger political community of a city-state, we need to first examine households as its building blocks (Politics, 5). The three major household relations Aristotle defines in Politics are master-slave,...

Aristotle

478

Early Political Ideas and The Concept of Subordination

2 pages / 945 words

In “The Politics” Aristotle made an explicit rationale for subordination. He suggested that some human beings may possess an innate fitness for either slavery or rule, and that those who are enslaved deserve to be so entirely because they have been dominated by a stronger...

Aristotle

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Politics by Aristotle and The Significance of The Household in It

4 pages / 2015 words

Aristotle notes two political communities that are ‘less’ than the polis: the household and the village. Of these two communities, the household receives far more discussion and is the foundation of much of Aristotle’s political theory. The origins of the household are found in the...

Aristotle

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Analysis of King Lear in Terms of Aristotelian Tragedy

5 pages / 2092 words

According to Aristotle in his book Poetics, the cathartic effects of a tragedy are its purpose, which is mediated through its form. An examination of Shakespeare’s King Lear in relation to the Aristotelian elements of tragedy – focusing on his compliance with Plot and inversion...

Aristotle King Lear

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Trouble in Utopia: Similarities Between Thomas More’s Ideas and Karl Marx’s Communist Philosophy

3 pages / 1682 words

Modern day interpretations of Thomas More’s critical and controversial Utopia have called into question his messages to sixteenth century audiences. Utopia depicts a collection of similar, ideal cities that work together in equal accordance to achieve a liberating, stress-free lifestyle. As the story has aged,...

Communism Thomas More Utopia

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Thomas More's Outlook on 16th Century English Society in "Utopia"

2 pages / 1016 words

In Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, More creates a land that contrasts directly to 16th century Europe. More starts by using the stories of fictional character Raphael Nonsenso to directly criticize the European form of government. He also attacks the European philosophy in his description of...

Thomas More Utopia

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Realistic Optimism in Thomas More’s Utopia

3 pages / 1465 words

Though Sir Thomas More took an active role in politics and the corrupt government of King Henry VIII, he remained rooted in his political and religious convictions. Famous for his willingness to die rather than betray his ideals, More showed throughout his life a desire...

Thomas More Utopia

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Utopia: a Comparison Between a Dream World and a Shady Society

3 pages / 1599 words

Three dollars and fifty-eight cents. To use the money now to buy dinner or wait and let the hunger pass. To sleep on the park bench or try to find availability at the chaotic homeless shelter. To stand outside under the searing sun in hopes...

Thomas More Utopia

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The Rim of Equality is The Obstacle of More’s Utopia

2 pages / 1079 words

Even in present day, people are still striving toward equality, whether through equal pay for equal work initiatives, the Black Lives Matter movement, or anti-immigration protests. The world of Utopia, the idea of which was conceived several hundred years ago, incorporates communistic ideals to work...

Thomas More Utopia

486

An Optimist Point of View on Utopia

4 pages / 2040 words

A man named Nonsenso begins any debate at a disadvantage. What kind of information or argument can be expected of such an individual? Can he articulate a rational idea, deduce a logical conclusion? Is the authority of his discourse to be trusted? Or is he...

Thomas More Utopia

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Examining Utopian Litotes: The Relationships Between The Two Utopian Divisions and Their Rhetorical Meaning

4 pages / 1885 words

“sometimes a word is put down with a sign of negation, when as much is signified as if we had spoken it affirmatively, if not more” John Smith (225) Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your...

Thomas More Utopia

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Meursault as an Outsider in Albert Camus's The Outsider

2 pages / 1235 words

Introduction Albert Camus was an Algerian-French absurdist author, who wrote novels like The Outsider and The Plague. In The Outsider he tells the story of an emotionless and immoral character, Meursault, and how he deals with the norms of the society and the judgmental people...

Albert Camus Character

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How Absurdism Functions in Camus's Novels: Analysis of The Stranger and The Plague

5 pages / 2363 words

When one questions the existence of God, one often reverts to a specific, troubling question: “if God exists, why are there moral tragedies that cause such great suffering?” In other words, humans find it very difficult when there is an event or scenario that does...

Albert Camus The Stranger

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Symbolic Meaning of Sun in The Stranger by Albert Camus

3 pages / 1717 words

Introduction In his novel “The Stranger,” Albert Camus uses the relentless Algerian sun as a metaphor for the awareness of reality that pursues his main character, Meursault, throughout the novel. The plot is fashioned around three deaths: those of Meursault’s mother, the Arab, and Meursault...

Albert Camus The Stranger

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A Comparative Analysis of How The Protagonist in The Stranger and The Thief and The Dog is Affected by Alienation

3 pages / 1290 words

In Naguib Mahfouz’s The Thief and the Dogs Albert Camus’ The Stranger, we are exposed to two very different characters, Said Mahran and Meursault. Both these characters are alienated from their societies, and change drastically as a result of this rejection. Using these novels as...

Albert Camus Protagonist The Stranger

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Aeneid: a Study of a Platonic Soul

4 pages / 1759 words

While many scholars are of the belief that Vergil penned the Aeneid to provide the Roman people with a propagandized epic glamorizing their own history, there is great evidence for Vergil’s intending the Aeneid to be something vastly more valuable: a parable on the powers...

Plato The Aeneid The Republic

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A Poetry Critique in The Republic by Plato

3 pages / 1523 words

After much deliberation and many intense arguments, Socrates finally reaches a definition for justice and claims that leading a just life is worthwhile both for its consequences and for its own sake. Although these conclusions summarize the main dispute of the Republic, Socrates ventures on...

Plato Plato Republic The Republic

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The Unfairness and Misery of The Dictator in The Republic

3 pages / 1253 words

In Book VIII of Plato’s Republic, Socrates details the degenerative process of regime change, which transitions from kingship to timocracy to oligarchy to democracy to tyranny. Each regime has its analogue in the soul of man, which is structured in the same manner as the...

Plato Plato Republic The Republic