Aristotle’s Life, Works, and Philosophy
Early Life and Education
Aristotle (384-322 BC) was born in Stagira, Thrace. He is also known as the Stagirite. His father was a famous physician at the court of Philip II, King of Macedonia and father of Alexander (who would eventually become Alexander the Great). From childhood, Aristotle had a profound curiosity about nature and observed the things around him. When he was orphaned, he was sent to the Academy led by Plato, where he was a pupil for nearly 20 years. On the death of Plato, it is said
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Unit 2: Model of Alterity
What Ethical Foundation Can Contribute to the Dynamics of Health Care?
We propose an ethical foundation of care in Otherness. The first ethical experience in healthcare is the otherness of the “other me” in need of health.
a) Constitutively in “Version”:
Human beings are constitutively referred to the other. This is primarily a matter of fact, a real and physical “version”, not merely existential or intentional. (For example, a child is connected to their mother or caregiver,
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**Corporate Governance**
The forms the board can take:
- Sole Administrator
- Several administrators jointly and severally: Any of the administrators can do everything. Each can develop/execute any power of the board of directors.
- Several persons acting jointly: Shall act for at least two.
- Board: A collegial body acting for the meeting of all members. Changes in the board should be recorded in the commercial register.
Administrators
Regarding the ability to be an administrator, unless the bylaws say otherwise,
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Aristotle vs. Platonism
Aristotle spent 17 years at Plato’s Academy, where he spent nearly 20 years learning the doctrines of Plato. These doctrines were purely theoretical and used mathematics as a model of knowledge. In fact, Plato’s theory of knowledge excludes experience. Plato distinguished between science and opinion, that is, between intellectual understanding and the sensitive, rejecting the value of experience for knowledge.
It is clear that Aristotle adopted many of Plato’s views, but he
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Theoretical and Practical Rationality
Reason can be understood as the power to argue about something or justify it. Generally, theoretical reason is directed towards the contemplation of this world; it is knowledge of reality (unravel, explain, and understand). Practical reason is the use of reason to guide action, by which it is imposed to guide us towards a moral ideal.
Philosophical knowledge, in its theoretical dimension, configures the call to theoretical philosophy, which aims at creatures whose
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Nicomachean Ethics, a work written by Aristotle in the fourth century BC, is one of the first treatises on ethics and morals preserved in Western philosophy. It is certainly the most comprehensive of Aristotelian ethics. It consists of ten books that are based on notes from his keynote presentations in the Lyceum. The work includes an analysis of the relationship between character, intelligence, and happiness. Along with the Judeo-Christian biblical message, it is one of the fundamental pillars
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