Aristotle Flashcards
is a student of Plato, that stressed on the importance of rationality in the nature of man.
Aristotle
states that Good is imminent.
Nicomachean Ethics
is according to Aristotle the end goal of life.
Telos
3 Criteria for the Final Goal of Human Life:
- Final
- Self-sufficient
- Attainable in our lifetime
this is achieved when telos is fulfilled.
Eudaimonia Happiness
is the tantamount to what is the highest good of human life.
Happiness
it means reason.
Ergon
unique in humans.
Reason
mean virtue
Arete
you have this if you choose to do an action.
Character
is the excellence of character.
Moral Virtue
is the excellence of intellect.
Wisdom
is the state of character concerned with choice, lying in a mean (mesotes).
Moral Virtue
is the purpose of human life
End (Telos)
The uniqueness of human being
Reason