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Author Reece, Bryan C

Title Aristotle on Happiness, Virtue, and Wisdom
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (174 p.)
Contents Cover -- Half-title page -- Tittle page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Content -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 From the Dilemmatic Problem to the Conjunctive Problem of Happiness -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Dilemmatic Problem of Happiness -- 1.3 The Conjunctive Problem of Happiness -- 1.3.1 Motivating the Pluralist Constraint -- The Difference between Parts of Happiness and External Goods -- The Immoralist Objection -- 1.3.2 Motivating the Monist Constraint -- Contemplation's Superlative Features -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 2 Theoretical and Practical Wisdom
2.1 The Divergence Thesis -- 2.2 Aristotle's Intellectual Virtues -- 2.3 Apparent Evidence for Divergence -- 2.4 The Connection between Theoretical and Practical Wisdom -- 2.5 The Availability of Wisdom and the Nature of Practical Science -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Are There Two Kinds of Happiness? -- 3.1 The Duality Thesis -- 3.2 The Proposal in Context -- 3.3 A Reconstruction of Aristotle's Argument -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Is Contemplation Proper to Humans? -- 4.1 The Divinity Thesis -- 4.2 The Views of Other Commentators -- 4.2.1 Transhumanism -- 4.2.2 Composite Essence -- 4.2.3 Relativism
4.3 Divine Contemplation -- 4.4 The Type-Distinctness of Divine and Human Contemplation -- 4.4.1 How to Distinguish Types of Activities -- 4.4.2 Human Contemplation -- 4.4.3 The Range of Divine Beings -- 4.4.4 The Prime Mover -- 4.4.5 Celestial Objects -- 4.4.6 Divine Sophia in Metaphysics 1.2 -- 4.5 An Aristotelian Parallel: The Argument from Animal Activities -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Solving the Conjunctive Problem of Happiness -- 5.1 Results of Previous Chapters -- 5.2 Solving the Conjunctive Problem -- 5.2.1 Formal Elements of a Solution to the Conjunctive Problem
5.2.2 Addressing the Reasons for the Pluralist Constraint and the Monist Constraint -- 5.3 A Reconstruction of Aristotle's Reasons -- 5.3.1 Essence and Idia in Aristotle's Theory of Predication -- 5.3.2 Essence and Idia of Happiness -- An Essence-Specifying Definition of Happiness -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index of Passages -- Index of Authors -- Index of Terms
Summary A unique and compelling solution to a widely discussed problem for Aristotle's ethics: determining what kind of activity happiness is
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Aristotle -- Influence
SUBJECT Aristotle. fast (OCoLC)fst00029885
Subject Conduct of life.
Happiness.
Virtue.
Wisdom.
ethics (philosophical concept)
Conduct of life.
Happiness.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Virtue.
Wisdom.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108788298
1108788297