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This 6 page paper discusses Aristotle’s philosophy of life and where man fits into the Universe. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Aristotle: Man and the Universe Research Compiled for The Paper
Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Aristotle is one of the seminal figures in Western thought and civilization.
This paper considers his works, his worldview, his influence on his most famous student, Alexander, and how he believed man fits into the structure of life. Discussion Aristotle was one
of Platos students and in turn became Alexanders teacher, putting him in between two great men. Although many of his writings have been lost, many of his main works, such
as the Poetics, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Metaphysics survive (Lendering). These and other books of his are classics, and Aristotle himself is regarded by some as the "most influential
philosopher of all ages and the founder of modern science" (Lendering). The accepted view of Aristotles thinking is that "he replaced his masters speculations with a more down-to-earth philosophy" (Lendering).
Its not possible to separate his worldview from his works, since he propounded it throughout his writings. Its probably fair to say that all philosophers, no matter whether they go
on to consider ideas of right and wrong; or ethics; or some other subject, at some point consider what is meant by the nature of being. Plato argued for the
division "between corporeal and non-corporeal reality," which he reasoned was "parallel to the division between (visible) body and (invisible) soul" (Bos 57). In Platos thinking, the intellect is "always a
part (the highest and most divine part) of the soul" (Bos 57). But Aristotles vision was different. Instead of combining soul and intellect, Aristotle separated them into discrete structures (Bos).
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