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Teleology and Awareness in Aristotle's Ethical Thought
(2012-08-23)
In a famous argument at the beginning of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that the function and good of the human being is the "actuality of the soul in accordance with virtue". Presenting a view critical of the ...
Aristotle on Philia
(2014-08-22)
Aristotle devotes two books of the Nicomachean Ethics—one fifth of the whole work—to the topic of philia, but the relation between these treatments and the rest of the work is unclear. My thesis shows the importance of ...
The Metaphysical Origin of the Two-Fold Conception of Human Selfhood in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
(2014-08-25)
This thesis aims to unearth the root of the apparent contradiction in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics between the endorsement of the life devoted to, on the one hand, the practical good, and, on the other hand, the theoretical ...