Tag Archives: Aristotle

The Concept of Logos

Written by Visnja Bojovic, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom When I was a child, I was very confused by the sentence: ”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.” What did it all mean? Why word? I was always a word lover, in fact, and I knew

Written on January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Language

Tags: Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagorus

Achieving Your Goals: Advice from the Ancients

Written by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom “If a thing is humanly possible, consider it within your reach” –Marcus Aurelius In early April around 4,000 years ago, the Babylonians held civilization’s first-recorded New Year celebration. To the ancient Babylonians, New Year’s resolutions and traditions were extrinsically motivated. During the 12-day new year festival, new

Written on January 1, 2021 at 8:53 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Culture

Tags: Ancient Greeks, Aristotle, New Year, socrates, traditions

What Makes a Good Friend?

It’s that time of year again… the holiday season is upon us and we get the opportunity to really think of our friends and family. Historically it’s a time to come together, to reinforce those bonds with gifts and toasts and sometimes too much wine. And, if we are lucky, we actually like those people

Written on November 23, 2020 at 5:05 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Aristotle, Friendship, Nicomachean Ethic, Sumpheron, What makes a good friend

Aristotle and the chatbot

Written by Justin Osborne, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Whenever you surf the Internet, you‘re likely to bump into chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI). They serve all sorts of purposes: to provide website guidance, pinpoint products, answer your questions, and much more. Chatbots are reportedly capable of answering 80% of standard questions. Research shows that

Written on November 19, 2020 at 7:20 pm, by KristinD

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Categories: Aristotle

Tags: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ancient Technology, Aristotle, Logic, technology, term logic

Do we NEED to hear Opinions we don’t like?

I’m going to start off today’s mailbag with a Dare. Whatever side of the political spectrum you happen to find yourself…next time you are watching the News, I dare you to watch your opposing side’s channel for at least 5 minutes. If you get your current events from CNN or MSNBC, for example, switch on

Written on October 19, 2020 at 3:15 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Aaron Smith, Aristotle, ayn rand, Ayn Rand Institute, Philosophy, Skeptism, Symposium

Is Aristotle Relevant to Democracy?

It’s time to take a philosophical deep dive… We all know Aristotle is one of the great pillars of ancient philosophy… we also know that’s he’s not particularly easy to read. Nonetheless, his Politics stands as one the seminal works on the topic… but two and half thousands years later, we have to ask: Is

Written on October 15, 2020 at 9:01 am, by plato

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Categories: Aristotle

Tags: Adriel M. Trott, Aristotle, Aristotle on the Matter of Form, Aristotle on the Nature of Community

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