Bibliography - Mark R. Lindner
... not many people will obtain a pleasurable life, even if they attempt to live a simple life. This carries serious implications for any moral theory based upon something which is obtainable by only a few. Being happy, living the ‘good life’, and having pleasure were, for Epicurus, closely related to h ...
... not many people will obtain a pleasurable life, even if they attempt to live a simple life. This carries serious implications for any moral theory based upon something which is obtainable by only a few. Being happy, living the ‘good life’, and having pleasure were, for Epicurus, closely related to h ...
virtue ethics newest version
... life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the appropriate excellence: if this is the case, human good tu ...
... life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the appropriate excellence: if this is the case, human good tu ...
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... developed by the French from the Eighteenth Century onwards (Dumarsais, Fontanier, Roland Barthes, etc.) was based on the sole relevance of the logos. Here, we have a restriction or a reduction of rhetoric to the epidictic genre, as if rhetoric were merely literary rhetoric. As result, it developed ...
... developed by the French from the Eighteenth Century onwards (Dumarsais, Fontanier, Roland Barthes, etc.) was based on the sole relevance of the logos. Here, we have a restriction or a reduction of rhetoric to the epidictic genre, as if rhetoric were merely literary rhetoric. As result, it developed ...
On Aristotle and Economics
... thought that contains it; and this thought has an ontological existence qua thought: (Metaphysics, VII, 4, 1030a 25-7). In this way Aristotle leaves room for the other two combinations to exist as entities: universal substances and universal accidents. Both are expressions of essences. The essence o ...
... thought that contains it; and this thought has an ontological existence qua thought: (Metaphysics, VII, 4, 1030a 25-7). In this way Aristotle leaves room for the other two combinations to exist as entities: universal substances and universal accidents. Both are expressions of essences. The essence o ...
Sameness and Referential Opacity in Aristotle Francis Jeffry
... also widely believed that the concept of sameness in Aristotle underwent drastic revision-from being more-or-less like the modern notion of identity to being something we would not wish.to call 'identity' at alJ.l In the Topics, an early work, we find hints of something we would recognize (although ...
... also widely believed that the concept of sameness in Aristotle underwent drastic revision-from being more-or-less like the modern notion of identity to being something we would not wish.to call 'identity' at alJ.l In the Topics, an early work, we find hints of something we would recognize (although ...
Metaphysics as the First Philosophy
... different options for what it is to be a substance; the primary candidates are essence, universal, genus, and subject. I will focus on the first one, which I find the most interesting. The reason for this choice is mainly that I believe there to be good reasons to think that understanding substances ...
... different options for what it is to be a substance; the primary candidates are essence, universal, genus, and subject. I will focus on the first one, which I find the most interesting. The reason for this choice is mainly that I believe there to be good reasons to think that understanding substances ...
Mill
... categorical imperative Treat other people not merely as a means, but also as an end. We always use other people, but Kant thinks its wrong to treat other people just as instruments, as things to be used for other purposes. ...
... categorical imperative Treat other people not merely as a means, but also as an end. We always use other people, but Kant thinks its wrong to treat other people just as instruments, as things to be used for other purposes. ...
Virtue As the
... 2 a: one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual b (1): a feature used to separate distinguishable things into categories; also : a group or kind so separated
(2): the detectable expression of the action of a gene or group ...
... 2 a: one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual b (1): a feature used to separate distinguishable things into categories; also : a group or kind so separated
Virtue Ethicspp
... Now the end of every activity is conformity to the corresponding state of character. This is true, therefore, of the brave man as well as of others. But courage is noble. Therefore the end also is noble; for each thing is defined by its end. Therefore it is for a noble end that the brave man endures ...
... Now the end of every activity is conformity to the corresponding state of character. This is true, therefore, of the brave man as well as of others. But courage is noble. Therefore the end also is noble; for each thing is defined by its end. Therefore it is for a noble end that the brave man endures ...
Ethical theorists: A comparison of main ideas
... happiness within community To be happy is to live well and to do well Human activity aims at achieving the good Since the highest capacity of humans is to be rational, the highest form of happiness is based on rational behaviour Be moderate in all things ...
... happiness within community To be happy is to live well and to do well Human activity aims at achieving the good Since the highest capacity of humans is to be rational, the highest form of happiness is based on rational behaviour Be moderate in all things ...
page 3 A CONVERSE BARCAN FORMULA IN ARISTOTLE`S
... 1. Ecthesis and the logic of the conversion of plain particular affirmative propositions Aristotle’s ecthetic argument for the conversion of plain universal negative (E) propositions is presented in the second chapter of the first book of the Prior Analytics: First then take a universal negative wit ...
... 1. Ecthesis and the logic of the conversion of plain particular affirmative propositions Aristotle’s ecthetic argument for the conversion of plain universal negative (E) propositions is presented in the second chapter of the first book of the Prior Analytics: First then take a universal negative wit ...
How Important is Character in Ethics paper
... person is aware that he is behaving in a virtuous manner; second, he behaves in a virtuous manner for the simple reason that it is virtuous; third, this continues virtuous behavior evolves into a constant, virtuous disposition. Virtue is not a feeling or a faculty but a disposition. Feelings influe ...
... person is aware that he is behaving in a virtuous manner; second, he behaves in a virtuous manner for the simple reason that it is virtuous; third, this continues virtuous behavior evolves into a constant, virtuous disposition. Virtue is not a feeling or a faculty but a disposition. Feelings influe ...
ARISTOTLEAN VIRTUE AND CONTEMPORARY PUNISHMENT
... Although I would like to avoid, as much as possible, a political debate regarding how the “greater good” argument (which supposes there is an end, a purpose, a greater good served by a particular activity) either supports or contradicts various aspects of the republican political theory or the curre ...
... Although I would like to avoid, as much as possible, a political debate regarding how the “greater good” argument (which supposes there is an end, a purpose, a greater good served by a particular activity) either supports or contradicts various aspects of the republican political theory or the curre ...
Philosophers in Jesuit Education Eastern APA Meetings, December 2011 Discussion Starter
... nothing. And as he points out, “no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other goods.”1 A life with friends is always more choiceworthy than a life without one; hence, friends are a component of flourishing. But friends are also important because of the role they play in ...
... nothing. And as he points out, “no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other goods.”1 A life with friends is always more choiceworthy than a life without one; hence, friends are a component of flourishing. But friends are also important because of the role they play in ...
Hokchhay Tann Philosophy 101 Topic: Analysis of contemporary
... instance, my experience with Facebook shows that most of the time I confirm a friend request only if he/she is in the same school or we had met in person. However, my meeting with the person is usually very short that I only get to know the basics about the person such as name and contact. So many ...
... instance, my experience with Facebook shows that most of the time I confirm a friend request only if he/she is in the same school or we had met in person. However, my meeting with the person is usually very short that I only get to know the basics about the person such as name and contact. So many ...
Aristotle and the Problem of Human Knowledge
... If philosophy begins in wonder, it also begins in a sense of discontent. The person who wonders and is perplexed regards himself as ignorant (oietai agnoein; 982b18). Thus, philosophizing began in an attempt to escape from ignorance (pheugein tên agnoian; 982b20).9 Our restlessness is such that our ...
... If philosophy begins in wonder, it also begins in a sense of discontent. The person who wonders and is perplexed regards himself as ignorant (oietai agnoein; 982b18). Thus, philosophizing began in an attempt to escape from ignorance (pheugein tên agnoian; 982b20).9 Our restlessness is such that our ...
Aristotle`s Physics: a Physicist`s Look - Philsci
... entries of the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy devoted to Aristotle [4]. To be sure, there are also less hostile and more sympathetic accounts of Aristotle’s views on nature, change, and motion, and the historical importance of these views is recognized. But here is a common example of evaluati ...
... entries of the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy devoted to Aristotle [4]. To be sure, there are also less hostile and more sympathetic accounts of Aristotle’s views on nature, change, and motion, and the historical importance of these views is recognized. But here is a common example of evaluati ...
Pete,
... Bryan: Pete had a follow-up question: He had asked: Why the reconfiguration [viz. of the standard to the quasi-genus]? I answered: it seems that the most efficient way for a syncretic metaphysics like Neoplatonism or Hegelianism to approach its goals is through logical systemization; and for the Ne ...
... Bryan: Pete had a follow-up question: He had asked: Why the reconfiguration [viz. of the standard to the quasi-genus]? I answered: it seems that the most efficient way for a syncretic metaphysics like Neoplatonism or Hegelianism to approach its goals is through logical systemization; and for the Ne ...
Philosophers for the City: Aristotle and the Telos of Education
... “go wrong at the start in their search for happiness.”8 That is to say, some err in their initial conception of their goal, as is evident, for example, from the varied opinions regarding happiness that Aristotle critiques in book 1, chapter 5 of the Nicomachean Ethics. In order to live and act prope ...
... “go wrong at the start in their search for happiness.”8 That is to say, some err in their initial conception of their goal, as is evident, for example, from the varied opinions regarding happiness that Aristotle critiques in book 1, chapter 5 of the Nicomachean Ethics. In order to live and act prope ...
virtue - PushMe Press
... • “We state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the ap ...
... • “We state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the ap ...
The different meanings of `being` according to Aristotle and
... undertaken by current analytical philosophy regarding a similar question, oriented in this latter case to an almost exclusive look at logic and language. It should come as no surprise then that the different investigations-the Aristotelian and the analytical-should appear to be heterogeneous. It als ...
... undertaken by current analytical philosophy regarding a similar question, oriented in this latter case to an almost exclusive look at logic and language. It should come as no surprise then that the different investigations-the Aristotelian and the analytical-should appear to be heterogeneous. It als ...
Text - UT College of Liberal Arts - The University of Texas at Austin
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
three logicians: aristotle, saccheri, frege
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
... Demonstrativa, first printed in 16921. This is a marvellous book that seems to have exerted absolutely no influence until it was rediscovered early in this century. Saccheri points out that the proofs of the statements of non-implication customary in the traditional, Aristotelian logic, presuppose t ...
Virtue Ethics
... Aristotle, meanwhile, criticised what Plato had said about goodness. He instead gave a naturalistic and psychological account of good – it is a part of our natural dispositions as human beings. This led Aristotle to the idea of purpose. Ethical life means living in tune with our natural purpose of r ...
... Aristotle, meanwhile, criticised what Plato had said about goodness. He instead gave a naturalistic and psychological account of good – it is a part of our natural dispositions as human beings. This led Aristotle to the idea of purpose. Ethical life means living in tune with our natural purpose of r ...
Virtue Ethics - Religious Studies
... Aristotle, meanwhile, criticised what Plato had said about goodness. He instead gave a naturalistic and psychological account of good – it is a part of our natural dispositions as human beings. This led Aristotle to the idea of purpose. Ethical life means living in tune with our natural purpose of r ...
... Aristotle, meanwhile, criticised what Plato had said about goodness. He instead gave a naturalistic and psychological account of good – it is a part of our natural dispositions as human beings. This led Aristotle to the idea of purpose. Ethical life means living in tune with our natural purpose of r ...