THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON

The Most Influential Person Up to 1500 CE

The Most Influential Person Up to 1500 CE

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to explore the personality of the most influential person up to 1500 CE whose ideas and way of life had a tremendous impact on the world. The personality that this paper is aimed to explore cannot be kept limited to just one field or perspective. However, the paper will discuss the main theories or the ideologies provided by the person that had never ending influence over the world. The purpose to enlighten the specific course of actions is to provide a clear and concrete idea about the factors that are responsible to turn an ordinary person into and immortal legacy. This paper will explore and enlighten on Aristotle who was a philosopher by profession and through his many theories and perspectives he left his mark on the world that will be remembered forever.

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C. belonging to the upper class. His father was a doctor in the courts of Macedonia, which became the major power in the Greek world with the power of Alexander. The Greek polis became part of the Hellenistic empire. The theory of Aristotle that had a great influence on the world is the theory of happiness and virtue; because, this theory was suggested by Aristotle several years before but it still has a strong impact and influence on the society today. The important moral problems that reflects on the experience of social philosophers such as Aristotle were abortion, euthanasia, the duty to die, capital punishment, drug, animals, consumption, war, and terrorism that continue to be topics of vital interest even today.

Discussion and Analysis

The Ideology of Happiness

The majority of theories provided by Aristotle were for the betterment of mankind and the welfare of the society. Aristotle argues that all human actions tend or are intended to achieve happiness. He said that all actions have an end, which is identified with good. For Aristotle, happiness is to achieve the perfection of human nature; so if one wants to know what is happiness then he will have to do an analysis of human nature (White, 2008). A person in pursuit of happiness should explore his insight his inner frame as the happiness lies inside a human being.

According to the teaching of Aristotle a human being is happy when it ...