Self-identification is studied to identify a being itself including versatile identities of a being. A being is considered to be combination of spatio and temporal identities. Self-identification does not need an outer observer but requires no time flows. Therefore, a concept of a dream is introduced to realize self-identification in time flows. Dr...
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The paper deals with the issue of some Aristotelian motives and categories in the Didaskalikos of Alcinous, one of the most important works of Middle Platonism. They are particularly evident in the chapters in which Alcinous discusses issues related to Platonic theology and theory of Ideas. A special place here is the motif of God as Intellect who ...
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In Metaphysics Γ, Aristotle argues against those who seem to accept contradictions. He distinguishes between the Sophists, who deny the principle of non-contradiction through arguments, and the Natural Philosophers, whose physical investigations lead to the acceptance of objective contradictions. Heraclitus’ name appears throughout the discussion. ...
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Infinite regress arguments are a powerful tool in Aristotle, but this style of argument has received relatively little attention. Improving our understanding of infinite regress arguments has become pressing since recent scholars have pointed out that it is not clear whether Aristotle’s infinite regress arguments are, in general, effective or indee...
Purpose: Recognising the growing importance of professional judgement within professional accounting, this paper examines how it relates to Aristotelian practical wisdom, with reference to the ethical failure at Carillion plc in 2018. This includes an examination of how these concepts are similar and how they differ and a reconceptualisation of pro...
In many societies the religious systems have tried to clear fundamental questions for the social-political order, like the origin, the last goal, and the sense of existence of human beings. This text aims to remember some important aspects about this theme which are still acute, like the relevance of religious phenomena relative to environmental pr...
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Purpose: Authors of this theoretical article are questioning Hume's view on causality by arguing for Aristotle’s pluralistic view as an alternative strategy for social work research and practice. Methods: Aristotle's notion of causality is applied to discuss its relevance, and then tested on a real case, thereby illustrating how it can contribute t...
In a previous work, we would have demonstrated that the implementation of an individualistic hidden prejudice (in the sense of Gadamer’s hermeneutics), would have distorted some crucial concepts of the Aristotelian political philosophy such as ἕκαστος ἡμῶν (each one of us equated to each individual), and also our vision of the classical Greece. The...
This essay will research aspects of romantic love, as well as aspects of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The purpose of the essay is to discuss if romantic love can be part of virtue ethics and eudaimonia. The philosopher Raja Halwani presents two concepts of romantic love that are relevant to the discussion. The concepts are romantic love 1 and ro...
