1143a19-1143b17: XI. The quality termed Consideration [gnômê; Rowe: sense], in virtue of which men are said to be considerate [sungnômonas; Rowe: having a...
In fact I realize, reading on in book 6.12, that Aristotle attributes Sophia and phronêsis to two (new) parts of the rational soul. We now have 4 parts of the...
the parts of the soul now are: 1. Rational theoretical: Sophia, philosophy 2. Rational practical: phronêsis: prudence 3. Desiring: trainable to reach moral...
1144b1-1145a11: XIII. We have therefore also to reconsider the nature of Virtue. The fact is that the case of Virtue is closely analogous to that of Prudence...
My plato-timaeus list has been quiet for some time, but a few subscribers have recently indicated a desire to launch a slow reading of this dialogue. If you...
... 1143b33: Deliberative Excellence must be correctness of deliberation with regard to what is expedient as a means to the end, a true conception of which...
... what is expedient as a means to the end, a true conception of which constitutes Prudence. [pros to telos, hou hê phronêsis alêthês hupolêpsis estin] ...
Hi, that is indeed an interesting possibility, but if as you write "phronEsis alone, the claim is, is capable of deliberating on the means to all the ...
thomas wrote ... Hi, that is indeed an interesting possibility, but if as you write "phronEsis alone, the claim is, is capable of deliberating on the means to...
Hi, yes I understand now what you mean, I like your idea that each correctly channeled desire is directed towards an end, an excellence-virtue. Perhaps, if I...
all - thomas wrote ... unless 'grasp' is being used in some strict sense, i suspect the 'alone' in this statement, as follows: the word 'about' might be...
1145b21-1146a9 One of the 6 commonly held opinions on incontinence that Aristotle had stated in 7.1 was: "the unrestrained man does things that he knows to be...
This leads, I think; to 4 categories (specially clear in [10]): a.. Temperance: good principles, wrong passions b.. Continence: good principles that can...
Beginning of 7.3. There is the idea that one can "have knowledge" and still not "attend to, be conscious" [theôrein] of it. The incontinent person would just...
III.[7] (3) Again, it is possible for men to 'have knowledge' in yet another way besides those just discussed; for even in the state of having knowledge ...
It turns out that incontinence per se (without qualification) pertains to bodily pleasures, essentially excessive eating and sex, that Aristotle called...
"Why this strong condemnation of physical pleasures vs. more mental ones? This turn against the body, could be what Nietzsche would be criticizing in ...
... De : "William Thomas Sherman" < ... Hi, I think that Aristotle describes such an excess in 7.4: "And inasmuch as some desires and pleasures relate to...
Indeed Aristotle condemns homosexuality, refraining from it would be a form of restraint but only metaphorically so, since restraint really applies to...
1149a24-1150a8: [1] Let us now consider the point that Unrestraint in anger [thumos] is less disgraceful than Unrestraint in the desires [irrational desire:...
I find this phrase that starts paragraph 3 very interesting: "Those on the other hand who yield not from choice, are prompted either by the pleasure of ...
1150b29-1151a28: VIII. The profligate, as we said, does not feel remorse, for he abides by his choice; the unrestrained man on the other hand invariably...
1151a29-1152a6: IX. Is then a man self-restrained [enkratês] if he stands [emmenôn: abides by (Irwin)] by a principle or choice of any sort, or must it be...
1)anti-hedonism: pleasure cannot be Good 2)some pleasures are good (essentially intellectual ones, philosophy!) 3)pleasure is good, but not the supreme good ...
1152b25-1153a35: XII. But the following considerations will show that these arguments are not conclusive to prove (1) that pleasure is not a good at all, nor...
Just reposting this with the correct number 7.10 So we have the following categories: 1) temperate = prudent, right reasons, right actions naturally on the...
1154a8-1154b34: [After having dealt with the anti-hedonist views of some in the Academy (Speusippus), Aristotle turns to the view defended by Socrates in the ...
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