Author Archives: Kitharidis Sophocles

Aristotle’s Ethics towards his view of humanity

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Before writing this philosophical exploration, my third year political philosophy Professor asked us (his students) a question which to me, at first, seemed to be one of the easiest questions one can ever be asked: What is happiness? Naturally, some students were throwing answers and theories such as ‘happiness is the absence of worries’, or ‘the absence of pain and hardship’. –
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What is the City of God? How does it relate to the City of Man?: The Jurisprudential Philosophy of Society and the Law

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The systematic Christian philosophy of society, City of God, by St Augustine of Hippo, exerted a profound and lasting influence on all Christian thought and practice. Arguably, City of God provides a set out of what were the fundamental contrasts between the law of this world and that of the heavenly city towards which all citizens should aspire. As a … Continue reading

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