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May 23, 2024 · Aristotle denies several of these characterizations, but has a special animus against Plato’s commitment to the univocity offered by the Form of the Good. In his Nicomachean Ethics i 6 (and in a partially parallel discussion in his Eudemian Ethics i 8), Aristotle develops and deploys a litany of arguments against Plato’s commitment to ...
May 14, 2024 · In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tells us something about what we all want to be by our very nature, and how we can have as much as possible of a good, fully human life. our very nature, and how we can have as much as possible of a good, fully human life. Read this book to learn what you want to be, and how to live that good human life.
May 16, 2024 · Nicomachean Ethics: Translation, Introduction and Commentary [Ethics] (Oxford, 2002); C. D. C. Reeve, Aristotle on Practical Wisdom: Nicomachean Ethics VI, Translated with an Introduction, Analysis and Commentary (Cambridge, 2013); and D. Frede, Aristoteles: Nikomachische Ethik. Zweiter Halbband: Kommentar (Berlin/Boston, 2020).
May 22, 2024 · Aristotle’s "Nicomachean Ethics" presents a nuanced view of wisdom, distinguishing between practical wisdom (phronesis) and philosophical wisdom (Sophia). Both are essential for achieving Eudaimonia, with practical wisdom guiding actions and decisions in specific contexts and philosophical wisdom, Sophia providing a deeper understanding of ...
May 10, 2024 · May 10, 2024. Andrew Kaufmann. Essays, Philosophy, Politics. “Friendship seems…to hold states together, and when men are friends they have no need of justice.”. This line from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics has always haunted me, and in light of the evidence that American society seems to be dissolving, it takes on an even more ...
May 17, 2024 · Some of his most famous works include the Poetics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and the Metaphysics. Introduction to Poetics. Poetics is a work by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, in which he provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the art of poetry.
9 hours ago · Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical rather than theoretical study, i.e., one aimed at becoming good and doing good rather than knowing for its own sake. He wrote several treatises on ethics, most notably including the Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle taught that virtue has to do with the proper function (ergon) of a thing. An eye is only ...
