Hi Ron, FYI ... Have you also seen on MoQ.org the essay by Sam Norton on Eudaimonia ? Regards Ian
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:49 PM, X Acto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > see: > > http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/ > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: X Acto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 3:38:48 PM > Subject: [MD] on Truth and Arete > > What is often overshadowed in Aristotles work is his Nicomachian ethic which > posits eudaimonia > as the ultimate good. It has stong interdependance with virtue and knowledge. > > " > Aristotle claims that "every art and every scientific inquiry, and similarly > every action and purpose, may be said to > aim at some good. Hence 'the good' has been well defined as that at which all > things aim." According to Aristotle, > the hierarchy of human purposes aim at eudaimonia as the highest, most > inclusive end. This is the end that everyone > in fact aims at, and it is the only end towards which it is worth undertaking > means. Eudaimonia is constituted, > according to Aristotle, not by honor, or wealth, or power, but by rational > activity in accordance with virtue over a > complete life. Such activity manifests the virtues of character, including, > honesty, pride, friendliness, and wittiness; > the intellectual virtues, such as rationality in judgment; and > non-sacrificial (i.e. mutually beneficial) friendships and > scientific knowledge (knowledge of things that are fundamental and/or > unchanging is the best)."-wiki > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
