In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

Known as Nativity or Crèche Mountain, the Grulich nativity normally centers around the Nativity Cave, and expands in triangular shape to include town and countryside, only to culminate at its top into ...

It is the disease. This idea, of despotism from the demos, has a distinguished pedigree. Plato and Aristotle thought that all, or nearly all, forms of tyranny arise from the people. The vulgar many ...

Aristotle Onassis was one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world in the 20th century, a visionary who became one of the richest men in modern history. Unlike most of the world’s tycoons, ...

The word “versatility” is perhaps best exemplified by the seasons. Each year, winter’s morning frost, spring’s showers, summer’s long days, and fall’s changing of the leaves set four very different ...

Human beings have always prized friendship. As the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote: “no one would choose to live without friends,” even if they could have all other good things instead.

Plato might be indicating with this that the arts are well defined and known, but that the statesman is less familiar, perhaps not available to anyone’s experience, and therefore we must seek to ...

While scholars find these accounts unilluminating, I show that our physical constitution is relevant for Plato’s political theory. Both definitions present humans as lacking features like feathers or ...

For Plato, art was not particularly useful (painting a bed is not good for sleeping, nor, strictly speaking, real). And Aristotle's arguments in defense of art do not fully challenge Plato's view that ...

Professor Bealer was well-known for his contributions to metaphysics and cognate areas. He taught at Reed College, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Texas at Austin, and, from ...

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