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The Ethica Nicomachea
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Yup, read it four or five times.
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buzz3070
question? what exactly is ethica nicomachea. i can guess it has something to do eith ethics. or what class/course it gose with. im starting next wensday as a freshman.
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Hyperspacerebel
All humans are oriented toward an end.
That end is happiness.
Happiness is attained through virtue.
Virtue is a disposition toward the good (not an act in itself).
Virtue is the mean between two extremes, called vices.
Moral virtues dispose us to act rightly.
Intellectual virtues dispose us to reason rightly about acting.
Prudence is the Intellectual virtue that disposes to reason rightly about ethical matters.
There are three types of friendship: based in pleasure, utility, or virtue.
The last is the best.
Aim for the virtuous, and the pleasure and utility come along.
That's pretty much the short of it from what I can recall.
If you want anything more, you'll ahve to be more specific.
question? what exactly is ethica nicomachea. i can guess it has something to do eith ethics. or what class/course it gose with. im starting next wensday as a freshman.
The Nicomachean Ethics by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Usually read in either an ancient phil course or ethics course.
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It's basically a collection of notes taken from lectures that Aristotle gave, interpreted(sp) by his son Nicomachus, explaining the theories behind virtues, how happiness is considered a highest state of being, differentiations between the rational and irrational human soul, etc etc etc.
And that may even be OVER simplifying it...It's confusing as hell.
I mean, I kind of understand the concepts, but the way it's worded just completely....just makes me want to gouge out my eyes. lol
I've been studying Aristotle (and to a lesser extent Plato) for well over 6 years now, and I still feel that way. But once you actually get what he's trying to say, you're like "oh, duh."
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Skyfire
All humans are oriented toward an end.
That end is happiness.
Happiness is attained through virtue.
Virtue is a disposition toward the good (not an act in itself).
Virtue is the mean between two extremes, called vices.
Moral virtues dispose us to act rightly.
Intellectual virtues dispose us to reason rightly about acting.
Prudence is the Intellectual virtue that disposes to reason rightly about ethical matters.
There are three types of friendship: based in pleasure, utility, or virtue.
The last is the best.
Aim for the virtuous, and the pleasure and utility come along.
That's about it, though "happiness" isn't the word I'd use, of course. Why it's translated as "happiness"... /facepalm (not your fault).
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Hyperspacerebel
And why wouldn't you call it happiness? I'll have to dig out my Greek version, but there's no reason it shouldn't be translated happiness.
Edit: Found it.
Eudaimonia
, which directly translates as happiness, good fortune, prosperity. Now that I think about it I can see why you don't like happiness; when most people say happiness they mean a feeling, which is not what Aristotle means: a kind of wholeness aimed at the good. I've been using happiness in Thomistic way for so long that it's become second nature.
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