In order to try to better understand the different ways in which the moral virtues are exhibited and understood, on the one hand, by the person pursuing the theoretical life, and on the other, by the one who seeks the practical life, I propose to briefly look at the specific moral virtue of courage [...]
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Reflections: Aristotle on courage
Posted in books, on Aristotle, on Nicomachean Ethics, on Socrates, on courage, on liberal education, on politics, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, courage, ethics, Nicomachean ethics, on Socrates, philosophy, politics, rarefaction, reflection on April 15, 1996 | Leave a Comment »
Reflections: Some tentative aspects of Aristotle’s understanding of noble friendship, self-love and happiness
Posted in books, on Aristotle, on Montaigne, on Nicomachean Ethics, on ethics, on friendship, on liberal education, on politics, philosophy, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, friendship, Montaigne philosophy, noble, rarefaction, reflection, self-love on April 3, 1996 | Leave a Comment »
INTRODUCTION
The very fact that Aristotle dedicates two complete books to the issue of friendship, coupled with the strategically important positioning of the discussion —–suspiciously close to the final considerations on the supreme value of the contemplative life and its relation to happiness—— immediately lets it known to the reader that she is entering what is [...]
