In researching information about Aristotle, I found many articles that proclaimed him to be the greatest philosopher of the ancient world. I thought about other philosophers we have studied this semester, especially Socrates and as I compared them to each other, I was surprised to find how different their philosophical methods are. Socrates played the role of Aristotle's mentor yet they were very different thinkers. Socrates believed in proving things by math and science while …showed first 75 words of 835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 835 total…century in order for humans to live happy and healthy. However, reaching each person's entelechy is not an easy task because people are so obsessed with money and life has seemed to lose its true meaning. People no longer work just to make a living but to make more money in order to fulfill their physical requirements. Society as a whole is more preoccupied with their physical appearance than enriching the mind and the soul.