What is ultimate happiness according to him? How did he conclude what is ultimate happiness? What is the prime mover? What is the significance of it? Is it god?
What is a virtue according to him? What does he mean by saying that a virtue is a mean between two extremes?
newbie
Aristotle is the first modern scientist. He never talked about what is the ultimate happiness, for happiness is felt, you know it when you feel it.
He didn’t, he merely said that the meaning of life is happiness.
This is a faculty of logic, he said if there is effect, there is cause, so there must the an original cause. of course, it is not very logical, but nevertheless you see what I mean.
he never said so, but Christianity adopting the philosophy of Aristotle said God is the primary mover.
Perfection. A virtue is neither excessive nor in deficiency. So take courage for example, too much courage would mean foolhardiness, while less courage would mean cowardice. courage is somewhere in between.
But if you ask me to give my opinion. I think he is just an old dreamer.
the ultimate happiness for aristotle is reading his texts and not asking homework questions on a chat board
he concluded that the ultimate happiness was socratic suicide
the prime mover is the bank’s lending rate
the bank is powerful, but no, it is not god
a virtue is a profeciency in greek
means are so average
-Imp
Imp
thanks
newbie
gee, I didn’t know you were looking for a joke. I should’ve ignored you then.
No, im not trying to make a joke or mockery of it. Im just having a hard time reading and understanding aristotle
If you understand the definitions as ascribed by Aristotle, then he is very straightforward to read and comprehend.
Imp provided a very usable definition of “virtue” from the Greek perspective.
Given that defitnition of virtue. What does he mean by saying “a virtue is a mean between two extremes”
newbie
God, why am I so soft hearted towards newbies?
Take two extremes and then take the average position half way between both of them - therein, according to Aristotle, lies your virtue.
I could be wrong, and I am not meaning any animosity, but are you sure you are reading the text?
One of the beauties of a classic such as Aristotle is in the simplicity of the logic. Perhaps you should venture into literary classics, which would help with comprehension and language development as pertains to “ancient works”.
as you know, philosophy is not the easiest things to read.
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The beginners mind. Read the text, understand the definitions, let the logic walk with you for a bit. Then come back to it later and see if your perspective is the same?
Read this, it may help.
ok, thanks, time to starting thinking hard till my brain explodes
newbie wrote:
moderation.
thanks, you guys are very helpful