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  Aristotle made several efforts to explain how moral conduct contributes to the good life for human agents, including the Eqikh EudaimonhV (Eudemian Ethics) and the Magna Moralia, but the most complete surviving statement of his views on morality occurs in the Eqikh Nikomacoi (Nicomachean Ethics). There he considered the natural desire to achieve happiness, →

  A man who reeked of alcohol flopped on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half empty bottle of rum was sticking out of his ripped jacket pocket. He opened his newspaper and started reading. After a few minutes, the →

  Dr. Webster is a 2006 graduate of University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry. During school she was a member of the Beta Sigma Kappa optometry honors society. Since graduation she has been in practice at In Vision Eye Care Center. Currently she is a member of the Central Missouri Optometric Society, →

Aristotle  - 384—322 , Greek philosopher, b. Stagira. He is sometimes called the Stagirite. Aristotle’s father, Nicomachus, was a noted physician. Aristotle studied (367—347 ) under Plato at the Academy and there wrote many dialogues that were praised for their eloquence. Only fragments of these dialogues are extant. He tutored (342—c.339 ) Alexander the Great at →

  Aristotle was appointed as the head of the royal academy of Macedon. During that time he gave lessons not only to Alexander, but also to two other future kings: Ptolemy and Cassander. In his Politics, Aristotle states that only one thing could justify monarchy, and that was if the virtue of the king and →

  Dr. Lianne Innes has been in the optical field for 20 years, most of those spent in Kansas City, MO. After being an optician for 13 years she went back to school and become a doctor of optometry. She graduated University of MO-St. Louis, College of Optometry in 2006 with Dr. Webster. After graduation →

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it. When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. →

Developmental issues In the sequence of the emotional development of the individual, friendships come after parental bonding and before the pair bonding engaged in at the approach of maturity. In the intervening period between the end of early childhood and the onset of full adulthood, friendships are often the most important relationships in the emotional →