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  • Aristotle's view on this matter stands in sharp contrast to what is depicted in the newly-released movie "The Social Network," destined to become a cult classic, about the founding of the Internet social networking site Facebook.

    Alex Pattakos: The Meaning of Friendship in a Social-Networked World Alex Pattakos 2010

  • While a social connection on Facebook may be only a click away, cultivating a true friendship is not that easy or straightforward if you believe in and take Aristotle's advice.

    Alex Pattakos: The Meaning of Friendship in a Social-Networked World Alex Pattakos 2010

  • It was the Cartesian scientists who discarded Aristotle's fourth "because" and, by stripping animals of teleology, reduced them to mechanical automata.

    March 22nd, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • Many of us, who have failed to heed the lessons from Aristotle's "Politics" and the Founding Fathers, are now learning from the Greeks that democracy leads to socialism, which in turn leads to bankruptcy.

    Greek Lessons, Modern and Ancient 2011

  • After a time, the earth will settle to the bottom, the water on top, and the air above that, thus demonstrating Aristotle's concept of natural place.

    May 22nd, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • This is what happens when you learn to debate from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals instead of Aristotle's Rhetoric like the rest of the educated populace.

    The Quisling from Connecticut Strikes Back 2009

  • This position does not contradict Aristotle's notion that

    Pope Benedict XVI 2009

  • This position does not contradict Aristotle's notion that

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog 2009

  • "Copernican revolution in philosophy", as he termed it: the most fundamental revolution in the whole history of epistemology; and his ethics is the most important one since Aristotle's.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog 2009

  • Aquinas not only reconciled Aristotle's philosophy of nature with religion, but directly contributed to science itself, to the extent possible in an age when very little could be measured.

    January 28th, 2009 m_francis 2009

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