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Aristotle – Living a human life/human nature


Aristotle was a man of philosophy, science, and mathematics. He used these three tools to explain what he thought the purpose of being a human being was, and just what being a human being entailed. To describe what a human being was, he came up with many theories, which involved friendship, happiness, and human nature. He also believed that not everyone was a perfect human, meaning, there were things an individual must do throughout his or her life to achieve becoming a Good person and ultimately becoming a happy person. Throughout this paper, I will be explaining what a full human life really is and then critiquing some of Aristotle's beliefs about human nature. I may agree or disagree with some of his points. The fact remains, I will use my own views in many cases to defend my points because to me, that is the point of this paper and the class, to understand a way of thinking, and argue for or against that way through the......

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