Metaphysics is the Philosophical study whose object is to determine the real nature of things – to determine the meaning, structure, and principles of whatever is insofar as it is. In Aristotle's Metaphysics, the key concepts are substance, form and matter, potentiality and actuality, an...

Individuals who possess the ability to lead the thought patterns of the masses shape culture and society and are responsible for the way philosophy is viewed and lived presently. A figure in the history of classical Greek philosophy is Aristotle. Some of his major contributions to Western philosop...

Raphael The School of Athens by Raphael has been admired during the course of nearly five hundred years. Nowhere was this more evident than during the unveiling of the restoration of this masterpiece on April 22, 1996. Patrons and their guests from all areas of the United States joined Mrs. Henry J...

When discussing ancient civilizations, one of the most prominent has to be the Greek civilization. Under the rule of various rulers, Greece saw a change from a pagan worshiping society that was almost abolished, to an enduring civilization that strived on philosophy, and intellectual thought. As the...

Aristotle was the greatest and most influential of all Greek philosophers; he was born in the town of Stageira in the year of 384 B.C. His farther, Nicomachus, was the friend and physician of Amynats II, king of Macedonia, father of Phillip and grandfather of Alexander the Great. Aristotle\'s educa...

Raphael\'s \"School of Athens\" is considered by many art historians to be the absolute masterpiece of the Renaissance. It is the perfect pictorial counterpart to the enormous changes in thinking that came about in the 1300s as a result of economic and technological developments. Its rational perspe...

In the file The name of the Rose, the monks who run the Benedictine Order Abbey recognize that knowledge can be a very dangerous thing. Knowledge can be dangerous if it says that the truth is different from what the ruling authority says is the truth. Then such knowledge can become part of a revol...