Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick

HOW ARISTOTLE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Mar 17, 2025
Discover how Aristotle's timeless wisdom can shape your life today. Explore his revolutionary ideas on persuasion, storytelling, and personal growth. Learn about eudaimonia and the importance of virtue through habit. Dive into the art of balanced leadership, and understand the power of rhetoric via ethos, logos, and pathos. Delve into Aristotle’s insights on narrative structure in his Poetics. Uncover practical lessons for modern living, emphasizing moderation and lifelong learning through observation.
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Aristotle's Lasting Intellectual Impact

  • Aristotle shaped modern ideas on persuasion, storytelling, and observation across disciplines.
  • His emphasis on empirical observation grounded philosophy in real-world inquiry.
ANECDOTE

Two Decades With Plato

  • Aristotle joined Plato's Academy and studied there for 20 years.
  • He deeply learned metaphysics, ethics, and politics under Plato's tutelage.
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Observation Over Ideal Forms

  • Aristotle rejected Plato's theory of Forms in favor of empirical observation.
  • He argued we learn more by examining what actually exists than by chasing ideal forms.
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