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Aristotle On The Human Good

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Author : Richard Kraut
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-09

Aristotle On The Human Good written by Richard Kraut and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-09 with Philosophy categories.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which equates the ultimate end of human life with happiness (eudaimonia), is thought by many readers to argue that this highest goal consists in the largest possible aggregate of intrinsic goods. Richard Kraut proposes instead that Aristotle identifies happiness with only one type of good: excellent activity of the rational soul. In defense of this reading, Kraut discusses Aristotle's attempt to organize all human goods into a single structure, so that each subordinate end is desirable for the sake of some higher goal. This book also emphasizes the philosopher's hierarchy of natural kinds, in which every type of creature achieves its good by imitating divine life. As Kraut argues, Aristotle's belief that thinking is the sole activity of the gods leads him to an intellectualist conception of the ethical virtues. Aristotle values these traits because, by subordinating emotion to reason, they enhance our ability to lead a life devoted to philosophy or politics.

Reason And Human Good In Aristotle

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Author : John M. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1986-01-01

Reason And Human Good In Aristotle written by John M. Cooper and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Philosophy categories.

"Reason and Human Good in Aristotle opens up issues of interpretation which are as alive today as when it originally appeared. After almost two decades of extraordinary influence, this succinct book remains a 'must' for any serious bibliography of Aristotle's Ethics." -- Sarah Broadie, Princeton University

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good

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Author : J. Stocks
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-26

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good written by J. Stocks and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Philosophy categories.

Excerpt from Aristotle's Definition of the Human Good But surely the process cannot continue to infinity: there must be sonic ultimate activity directed to a final good. There must be a good which is self-sufficing, from which 'all subordinate or departmental goods draw their goodness. In all matters-of'war the order proceeds in the end from the general, and it is the general whom the execution of the order must satisfy: victory or defeat of the enemy is the prime consideration to which all other considerations are subordinate. We want now to find for the whole range of human life a central authority like that of the general, and a supreme governing consideration like the defeat of the enemy. As the lesser considerations are called goods, so the final consideration may be called the good (or more accurately the human good', for there are things more precious than man in the universe). To discover the nature of this good is the object of this enquiry. To the enquiry which has for object the discovery of this end or good with a view to its realization, A. (He also gives another reason. What is good, he says, realized for an individual, must be better realized for a community. But this reason is not easily reconciled with the foregoing). The introduction of this term at the beginning of the Ethics shows that the two works of A. which bear respectively the name Politics and Ethics were both regarded by him as possessing a common aim, that of describing the end to which all human * activities arc directed, that of analysing the human good and of discussing the means of its realization. The Ethics sets out the form of the good life as it may be realized by the best men in a good state, while the Politics exhibits the constitutive principles of the good state itself. (T1 at inference however may be false). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Aristotle S Virtues

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Author : Jonathan A. Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2004

Aristotle S Virtues written by Jonathan A. Jacobs and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy categories.

Aristotle's Virtues focuses on Aristotle's philosophical method and his conceptions of form and substance as a way to explicate the main elements of his ethical and political theorizing. This book shows how those highly general features of Aristotle's thought have an important bearing on his conception of the best kind of life for a human being and the kind of political community needed to enable and encourage that kind of life. While explicating fundamental aspects of Aristotle's philosophy of nature, metaphysics, and theory of knowledge, the discussion of them leads to a culminating account of the virtues of both individual and political life.

Reason And Human Good In Aristotle

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Author : John M. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Release Date : 1986-01-01

Reason And Human Good In Aristotle written by John M. Cooper and has been published by Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Philosophy categories.

Human Nature And Eudaimonia In Aristotle

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Author : Don Asselin
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 1989

Human Nature And Eudaimonia In Aristotle written by Don Asselin and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Foreign Language Study categories.

In his «Nicomachean Ethics», Aristotle says that eudaimonia («happiness») is the end of human nature. In the Greek thinker's moral theory and theory of human nature, that good has a definite content, and is a universal and even obligatory moral good -- the «true good» of man. Dr. Asselin argues that the connection that Aristotle sees between human nature and eudaimonia illuminates both human nature and the supreme moral good. To the same extent, Aristotle is a perennial source for theorizing about human nature, human moral qualities, and the best life for man.

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good

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Author : Stocks J L (John Leofric)
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good written by Stocks J L (John Leofric) and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.

In this book, J.L. Stocks examines Aristotle's views on what is meant by the human good and how it can be achieved. This is a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy or ethics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good Classic Reprint

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Author : J. Stocks
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-03

Aristotle S Definition Of The Human Good Classic Reprint written by J. Stocks and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-03 with Philosophy categories.

Excerpt from Aristotle's Definition of the Human Good A. Does not deny the necessity to man of the first and second of these activities; but he claims that it is plain that the peculiar and distinctive business of man in the world cannot lie in the prosecution of either; obviously it must lie rather in the use and development of the principle which is peculiar to man, i.e., of the reason. And if this is man's business, his good and his happiness will lie in the proper performance of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bridging The Gap Between Aristotle S Science And Ethics

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Author : Devin Henry
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-05

Bridging The Gap Between Aristotle S Science And Ethics written by Devin Henry and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-05 with Literary Criticism categories.

Explores the extent to which Aristotle's ethical treatises employ the concepts, methods, and practices developed in his 'scientific' works.

Nicomachean Ethics

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Author : Aristotle
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-10-27

Nicomachean Ethics written by Aristotle and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-27 with categories.

The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the "philosophy of human affairs;" but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author's whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The Nicomachean Ethics is the name normally given to Aristotle's best-known work on ethics. The work, which plays a pre-eminent role in defining Aristotelian ethics, consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The title is often assumed to refer to his son Nicomachus, to whom the work was dedicated or who may have edited it (although his young age makes this less likely). Alternatively, the work may have been dedicated to his father, who was also called Nicomachus. The theme of the work is a Socratic question previously explored in the works of Plato, Aristotle's friend and teacher, of how men should best live. In his Metaphysics, Aristotle described how Socrates, the friend and teacher of Plato, had turned philosophy to human questions, whereas Pre-Socratic philosophy had only been theoretical. Ethics, as now separated out for discussion by Aristotle, is practical rather than theoretical, in the original Aristotelian senses of these terms. In other words, it is not only a contemplation about good living, because it also aims to create good living. It is therefore connected to Aristotle's other practical work, the Politics, which similarly aims at people becoming good. Ethics is about how individuals should best live, while the study of politics is from the perspective of a law-giver, looking at the good of a whole community.

Aristotle On The Human Good

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