Word: aristotelian
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Race is a dying idea. The division of humans into races, like the Aristotelian division of matter into the four components of fire, water, earth and air, has reached the end of its useful lifetime. And like Aristotle’s view of nature, the idea of race has taken its most severe criticism from modern science. Yet, in the face of the scientific evidence against it, race has enduring significance to many—and it has become a central issue on Harvard’s campus this year. The departure of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West...
...more popular than its male counterpart that doesn't involve doing pretty leaps on a mat or an ice rink. It's far better to be filled with arrogance and aloofness and tension than to flash a saccharine Dorothy Hamill smile. If people turn to sports for real-time Aristotelian catharsis, then perhaps the women's tour--with its grudges and crying and accusations of racism, sexism and homophobia--is the most interesting drama of all. We've had decades of hypotheticals about whether, if women ran the world, there would be no war. Now it's cool...
Sommers' ideal class for boys has them wearing blazers and ties as a male teacher instructs them in Aristotelian ethics, morality and fair play, after which they repair to the ball fields for sports. She argues for a renewed appreciation of masculine virtues, and I applaud her for that. Schools and parents should accommodate boys' learning styles, which don't always fit neatly between the margins. Boys need more recess and less Ritalin; and if we set high expectations, they will rise to meet them...
...writer who covers sports, I spend a good amount of time convincing women that athletic contests are a legitimate form of entertainment. To do this, I usually use words like "Aristotelian catharsis," but recently someone asked me to explain what that meant, which didn't go so well, so I don't say that anymore. But I know it doesn't mean "dumb guy who likes to drool over half-naked women with sand strategically affixed to them." I explained my opinions to Rebecca Romijn-Stamos when I interviewed her last year, and she responded by telling me that...
Human beings, by nature, are a skeptical bunch. Fads and le dernier cri (the trendy French for "the latest trends," ironically) aside, we are often hesitant to accept concepts which are new and alien, especially when it comes to technology. Consider the group of Aristotelian professors who made the following pronouncement to Galileo after he claimed to have discovered Jupiter's moons using a telescope: "[They] are invisible to the naked eye and therefore do not exist." Or the snappish response of Warner Brothers' founder H. M. Warner, who retorted in a 1927 interview, "Who the hell wants to hear...