Piety: the Lost Virtue of Aristotle?

A. W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle by Price, A. W. Review by: Susan Sauvé Meyer

The Piety of Escape

This paper examines two seemingly contradictory views of piety found in Plato’s Euthyphro and Crito. Using the Socratic dialogues for evidence of what Socrates actually believed and to piece together a Socratic account of piety, it seems that his argument in favor of remaining in prison is inconsistent with his own beliefs. The paper concludes that Socrates ought not to have thought it was impi...

hermeneutics of paradise lost of john milton

از منظر ریشه شناسی ، واژه "هرمنوتیک" به فرایند قابل درک و فهم نمودن شی، مفهوم یا موقعیتی مبهم وغیر قابل درک اشاره می کند.علم ترجمه، قلب علم هرمنوتیک محسوب می شود زیرا مارا از فاصله ها و تضاد هایی که در امر تاویل و تفسیر موجود است آگاه می سازد( پالمر، 1969). در حقیقت ، ترجمه را می توان نوعی تمرین دشوار هرمنوتیک دانست که متضمن درک معانی متون و انتقال وفادارانه این معانی و ساختارها از زبانی خاص با...

The model of piety in present age

The effect of the culture of modernism on contemporary human`s life has made some to agree with inapplicability of some of the ethical teachings. In an opposite place, an unreasonable view of piety has led some to prevent themselves from God`s gifts and put themselves and their household in hardness. This paper, criticizing the principles of modernism and giving a reasonable meaning on piety, h...

The Soul of Aristotle

In the three books of De Anima, Aristotle ranges over a diverse array of philosophical and scientific topics, such as the nature of life, self-movement, the senses, perception, imagination, thought, and the relation between mind and body. As a result, this work may seem to be a strange collection of only marginally related philosophical and biological topics given our modern sensibilities. None...