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Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. Many scholars oppose this reading because the bulk of the Ethics is devoted to various moral virtues--courage and generosity, for example--that are not in any obvious way either manifestations of philosophical contemplation or subordinated to it. They argue that Aristotle was inconsistent, and that we should not try to read the entire Ethics as an attempt to flesh out the notion that the best life aims at the "monistic good" of contemplation. In defending the unity and coherence of the Ethics, Lear argues that, in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it about but also by approximating it. She then argues that, for Aristotle, the excellent rational activity of moral virtue is an approximation of theoretical contemplation. Thus, the happiest person chooses moral virtue as an approximation of contemplation in practical life. Richardson Lear bolsters this interpretation by examining three moral virtues--courage, temperance, and greatness of soul--and the way they are fine. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, this is a major contribution to our understanding of a central issue in Aristotle's moral philosophy.
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics. --- Ethics, Ancient. --- Ethics. --- Aristotle. --- Morale ancienne --- Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle). --- Ethics, Ancient --- Ancient ethics --- Aristotle. - Nicomachean ethics.
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Etude dans l'éthique de la Renaissance de la définition aristotélicienne de la vertu comme juste milieu. Analyse la place de cette conception dans l'art moral mais aussi la médecine, le droit et la pédagogie, de 1494 à 1552, dans l'oeuvre de Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples, de Josse Clichtove, Laurent Valla, d'Erasme, de Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais et de leurs contemporains.
History of philosophy --- Literature --- anno 1500-1599 --- European literature --- Ethics, Renaissance --- Moderation in literature --- Humanism --- History and criticism --- Rabelais, François, --- Aristotle. --- Aristotle --- Influence --- European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism --- Rabelais, François, - ca. 1490-1553? --- Aristotle. - Nicomachean ethics --- Aristotle - Influence --- Rabelais, François (1494?-1553) --- Érasme (1469-1536) --- Marguerite d'Angoulême (reine de Navarre ; 1492-1549) --- Littérature de la Renaissance --- Modération --- Morale de la Renaissance --- Littérature latine médiévale et moderne --- Scolastique --- Dans la littérature --- Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553? --- Ethics, Renaissance. --- Humanism. --- Moderation.
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While Aristotle's account of the happy life continues to receive attention, many of his claims about virtue of character seem so puzzling that modern philosophers have often discarded them, or have reworked them to fit more familiar theories that do not make virtue of character central. In this book, Paula Gottlieb takes a fresh look at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrine of the mean. She shows how they form a thought-provoking ethic of virtue, one that deserves to be developed and refined. The first part of the book addresses the nature of virtue and the virtues, illuminated by the doctrine of the mean. Building on the conclusions of this analysis, the second part explains the mentality of the good person and the type of society that will allow such a person to flourish.
Aristotle --- Ethics. --- Virtue. --- Virtues. --- Character. --- Morale --- Vertus --- Caractère --- Aristotle. --- Caractère --- Character --- Ethics --- Virtue --- Virtues --- Conduct of life --- Human acts --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Personality --- Aristoteles --- Aristote --- Aristotile --- Aristoteles. --- Philosophy. --- Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle). --- Arisṭāṭṭil --- Aristo, --- Aristotel --- Aristotele --- Aristóteles, --- Aristòtil --- Arisṭū --- Arisṭūṭālīs --- Arisutoteresu --- Arystoteles --- Ya-li-shih-to-te --- Ya-li-ssu-to-te --- Yalishiduode --- Yalisiduode --- Ἀριστοτέλης --- Αριστοτέλης --- Аристотел --- ארסטו --- אריםטו --- אריסטו --- אריסטוטלס --- אריסטוטלוס --- אריסטוטליס --- أرسطاطاليس --- أرسططاليس --- أرسطو --- أرسطوطالس --- أرسطوطاليس --- ابن رشد --- اريسطو --- Pseudo Aristotele --- Pseudo-Aristotle --- アリストテレス --- Arts and Humanities --- History
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This is a collection of the late Heda Segvic's papers in ancient moral philosophy. At the time of her death at age forty-five in 2003, Segvic had already established herself as an important figure in ancient philosophy, making bold new arguments about the nature of Socratic intellectualism and the intellectual influences that shaped Aristotle's ideas. Segvic had been working for some time on a monograph on practical knowledge that would interpret Aristotle's ethical theory as a response to Protagoras. The essays collected here are those on which her reputation rests, including some that were intended to form the backbone of her projected monograph. The papers range from a literary study of Homer's influence on Plato's Protagoras to analytic studies of Aristotle's metaphysics and his ideas about deliberation. Most of the papers reflect directly or indirectly Segvic's idea that both Socrates' and Aristotle's universalism and objectivism in ethics could be traced back to their opposition to Protagorean relativism. The book represents the considerable achievements of one of the most talented scholars of ancient philosophy of her generation.
Ethics --- History. --- Action theory (philosophy). --- Agency (philosophy). --- Akrasia. --- Alcibiades. --- Allusion. --- Ambiguity. --- Analogy. --- Ancient philosophy. --- Apology (Plato). --- Aporia. --- Aristotelian ethics. --- Aristotelianism. --- Aristotle. --- Calculation. --- Callicles. --- Cambridge University Press. --- Causality. --- Chaerephon. --- Charmides (dialogue). --- Charmides. --- Concept. --- Contradiction. --- Critias (dialogue). --- Critias. --- David Wiggins. --- Determination. --- Dianoia. --- Discernment. --- Disposition. --- Ethics. --- Eudaimonia. --- Eudemian Ethics. --- Existence. --- Explanation. --- George Grote. --- Good and evil. --- Gorgias. --- Greek mythology. --- Hedonism. --- Hexis. --- Hippias. --- Homer. --- Human Action. --- Hypothesis. --- Inference. --- Inquiry. --- Intellectualism. --- Kantian ethics. --- Logos. --- Metaphor. --- Moral relativism. --- Morality. --- Nicomachean Ethics. --- Objectivity (philosophy). --- Pericles. --- Phaedo. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophical analysis. --- Philosophy. --- Phronesis. --- Plato. --- Platonic Academy. --- Platonic realism. --- Polus. --- Potentiality and actuality. --- Practical reason. --- Prodicus. --- Prohairesis. --- Protagoras. --- Rationalism. --- Rationality. --- Reason. --- Relativism. --- Republic (Plato). --- Rhetoric. --- Self-actualization. --- Socratic dialogue. --- Socratic method. --- Socratic. --- Sophism. --- Sophist (dialogue). --- Sophist. --- Subjectivity. --- Suggestion. --- Terence Irwin. --- The Death of Socrates. --- Theaetetus (dialogue). --- Theory of Forms. --- Theory. --- Thought. --- Thucydides. --- Treatise. --- Understanding. --- Value (ethics). --- Value judgment. --- Virtue. --- Voluntariness. --- Voluntary action. --- W. D. Ross. --- Writing.
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