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 ...
I. Our next business after this will be to discuss Friendship. For friendship is a virtue, or involves virtue; and also it is one of the most indispensable...
This section is straightforward. Thomas 1155b17-1156a5: II. Perhaps the answer to these questions will appear if we ascertain what sort of things arouse liking...
Accidental (kata sumbebêkos) friendship is based on pleasure alone or interest, and begins quickly, is less lasting. Perfect (teleios) friendship is lasting,...
Lover and beloved are here in the masculine gender. Amazingly, after having previously condemned homosexuality as a complete vice, here Aristotle has a quite...
1157b5-1158a7: V. It is with friendship as it is with the virtues; men are called good in two senses, either as having a virtuous disposition [hexis] or as ...
An interesting definition, Aristotle compared friendship with love: "love indeed seems to be an excessive state of emotion, such as is naturally felt towards...
1158b11-1159a12: VII. But there is a different kind of friendship, which involves superiority of one party over the other, for example, the friendship between...
1159a12-1159b24: VIII. Most men however, because they love honor, seem to be more desirous of receiving than of bestowing affection. Hence most men like ...
Aristotle's view that when a type of regime goes wrong, democracy is the lesser evil, makes me think of Lord Acton's ""power corrupts, and absolute power...
[A straightforward section] 1159b25-1160a30: IX. The objects and the personal relationships with which friendship is concerned appear, as was said at the...
1161a10-1161b10: XI. Under each of these forms of government we find friendship existing between ruler and ruled, to the same extent as justice. The friendship...
1161b11-1162a32: XII. All friendship, as we have said, involves community; but the friendship between relatives and between members of a comradeship may be set...
1162a34-1163a23: XIII. There are then, as we said at the outset, three kinds of friendship, and in each kind there are both friends who are on an equal footing...
1163a24-1163b28 XIV. Differences also arise in friendships where there is disparity between the parties. Each claims to get more than the other, and this ...
The sophists (Protagoras): "This we are told was the practice of Protagoras ; when he gave lessons in any subject, he used to tell his pupil to estimate the...
1164b22-1165a35: (this is quite straightforward and practical! Th.) II. Other questions that may be raised are such as these: Does a man owe his father...
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