Alexander of Aphrodisias Essays

  • The Doctrine of the Indefinite Terms in the Ancient Commentators of Aristotle

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    The Doctrine of the Indefinite Terms in the Ancient Commentators of Aristotle ABSTRACT: The ancient commentaries on Aristotle's Peri Hermeneias (De Interpretatione) give us important elements to understand more clearly some difficult passages of this treatise. In the case of the indefinite names and verbs (i.e. 'not-man', and 'does not recover', respectively), these commentaries reveal a doctrine which explains not only the nature of the indefinites, but also why Aristotle introduces these kinds

  • Essay On Distillation Of Water

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    (National Center for Biotechnology Information, n.d.). Water is the most common and useful substance in the world. History of Distilled Water One of the first people to describe the distillation of water was around 200 A.D. by a man named Alexander of Aphrodisias. Aristotle also went into detail about distilling and purifying water (Distilled Water Association,

  • Boethius Problem Of Universals

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    SALES, Miguel Agustin T. Abstract “Is the idea of God to be considered as a universal or not?” My article is about Boethius’ problem of universals wherein the sense of this topic is to give emphasis on what should be God’s category, is it universal or particular? According to Boethius, universal is synonymous with the word general for it describes a whole of individuals, is accompanied through thinking and only exist in our minds. On the other hand, the individual things or particulars are those

  • Ibn Rushd An Ismalic Philosopher

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    Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd, known in Latin as Averroes, was one of the most influential Islamic philosophers and scientist. He lived in a time where Philosophy was not celebrated in the Islamic world, and philosophers were regarded as unbelievers. He, however, revived the Aristotelian philosophy stressing that it has no conflict with the belief in God, and that was the theme he used throughout his writings. He integrated religion and philosophy challenging the anti-philosophical view

  • Persuasive Essay On Desalination

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    748 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in ten of the world's population. Every year, around 60 million children are born into homes without access to sanitation. People, especially those in water-starved parts of the world, have been searching for fresh water solutions for centuries. Even in modern times, entire populations struggle with a cruel irony; they are surrounded by salt water, but lack drinking water. (Science. howstuff works) Desalination