Aristotle
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Peter Sagal - Aristotle, Quentin Tarantino, and The Signature Stand-Off
Mar 16, 2010Peter Sagal - Aristotle, Quentin Tarantino, and The Signature Stand-OffAristotle, in his Poetics , tried to reveal the underlying structure of narrative art as it was known in his day. It's just a shame he died 2,300 years before Quentin Tarantino started making movies, because I'm sure he'd have a lot to say about it. So even though the Academy chose to snub his... by blogs.amctv.com/future-of-classic | related posts
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Lecture notes for students of IR 6901: (Week 2): From Socrates/Plato to...
Mar 16, 2010From Socrates/Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Hobbes and Locke: Western Philosophy and the search for grounding in knowledge-claims and language-use. Question: How do you know that you are reading this? Let me frame the question a little wider: How do you know that you are actually reading this... by othermalaysia.org | related posts
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Aristotle's Error
Mar 15, 2010Although our perception of the world seems effortless and instantaneous, it actually involves considerable image processing, as we have noted in many of our previous columns. Curiously enough, much of the current scientific understanding of that process is based on the study of visual illusions. Analysis and... by scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science | related posts
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Reading Aristotle in Tehran
Mar 07, 2010Reading Aristotle in Tehran“Iraq’s Shiites know whom they have to thank for their freedom. Shiism itself, with its reverence of human saints and its roots in Aristotelian reason, has powerful affinities with Western humanism. A Shiite-dominated Iraq means a free Iraq, and it behooves Washington to start acting on the potential in this... by amconmag.com/blog | related posts
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Aristotle and Customer Service
Mar 05, 2010Circulate this to your employees: Cultural Offering discovers a touch of Aristotle at the car wash . An excerpt: As I paid, an employee stopped by to ask him whether a potential employee had called. Our cashier recited the calls he had taken, clarified who would be calling and what should be said,... by execupundit.com | related posts
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The Secret Teaching in Aristotle's Natural Science
Mar 03, 2010human good (moral and intellectual) rooted in human nature in a manner that would be consistent with Darwinian natural right. Some of those posts can be found here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , and here . It is often assumed that modern natural science overturned... by darwinianconservatism.blogspot.com | related posts
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The basis of Aristotle’s logic
Feb 23, 2010Aristotle’s whole system of logic starts from two premises: Logic is the direction of the act of reason The direction of reason is from what is more universal in predication to what is less so. Aristotle says the major premise everywhere, and at the slightest provocation; the minor... by thomism.wordpress.com | related posts
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Begins a good bit before aristotle:
Feb 24, 2010the grand sweep of rationalist theories such as utilitarianism. Is there, then, a distinctively conservative ethical tradition? There is, and it starts with Aristotle's claim in the Politics that "man is a social animal". The word for "social" here is politikos, which also means "political". What... by brothersjuddblog.com | related posts
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Boring + Boring = Pleasant?!
Feb 23, 2010I've read that Aristotle taught his students while they walked around. It seemed to enhance learning and make the activity more enjoyable. The self-experimenter Seth Roberts has found that doing two boring things together -- walking on a treadmill and studying flash cards -- results in a pleasant... by boingboing.net | related posts
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Aristotle on politics and religion
Feb 15, 2010, thinking that he has even the gods as allies), though he should not display a foolish religiosity.” [Aristotle, Politics Book 5, chapter 11, 1314b - 1315a ] Filed under: History , Philosophy , Politics , Religion , Social dominance by evolvingthoughts.net | related posts
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Be a Credible Speaker
Feb 11, 2010Be a Credible SpeakerEffective Communication series: Click | View Series Aristotle believed that effective communication is a combination of ethos (the credibility of the speaker), logos (the truth and relevancy of the message), and pathos (the emotional and appropriate response of the receivers). The Foundation to... by theresurgence.com | related posts
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In Our Time, from Aristotle to the History of Zero
Feb 08, 2010In Our Time, from Aristotle to the History of ZeroIn Our Time is both in a central slot in the schedule and something of a cult. When it began 12 years ago it was a leap into the dark. Would a mass audience (over 2 million a week listen to at least some of it - and mostly all of it) take to something so straightforwardly intellectual - and so simple in its format.... by bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4 | related posts
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