Aristotle on happiness, virtue, and wisdom / Bryan C. Reece, University of Arkansas .

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reece, Bryan, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle--Influence.

Aristotle.

Conduct of life.

Happiness.

Virtue.

Wisdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Aristotle thinks that happiness is an activity - it consists in doing something - rather than a feeling. It is the best activity of which humans are capable and is spread out over the course of a life. But what kind of activity is it? Some of his remarks indicate that it is a single best kind of activity, intellectual contemplation. Other evidence suggests that it is an overarching activity that has various virtuous activities, ethical and intellectual, as parts. Numerous interpreters have sharply disagreed about Aristotle's answers to such questions. In this book, Bryan Reece offers a fundamentally new approach to determining what kind of activity Aristotle thinks happiness is, one that challenges widespread assumptions that have until now prevented a dialectically satisfactory interpretation. His approach displays the boldness and systematicity of Aristotle's practical philosophy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jun 2023).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108762403 (ebook)

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