Politics-Ethics on Aristotle: an approach to Nicomachean Ethics

Abstract

This treatise aims at pointing out that politics is a concept of great importance in the Aristotelian corpus. Especially this concept is examined in the context of city-state where the concepts of politics-ethics are inseparably united. In order to point out this unity, since Aristotle’s final target is profoundly political and can be reached only through a specific course, the concepts of practical wisdom, justice, friendship, bravery, acrasia, slavery and eudaimonia are considered and examined as steps of this course. The concept of practical wisdom, which combines general with specific elements, has an outstanding position in this course and in the Aristotelian thought in general. The prudent man thinks correctly, meaning that he chooses what is best for his prosperity. On the other hand, practical wisdom, as a virtue, "offers a criterion of right orientation in life’’. Justice, a very important merit for the cohabitation of people and absolutely indispensable in the city, is examin ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/38992
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/38992
ND
38992
Alternative title
Πολιτική-Ηθική στον Αριστοτέλη: μια ανάγνωση των Ηθικών Νικομαχείων
Author
Δημητρακοπούλου, Μαρία-Σμαρώ (Πατρώνυμο: Αλέξανδρος)
Date
2013
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Κάλφας Βασίλειος
Κοτζιά Παρασκευή
Σφενδόνη Δήμητρα
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
Keywords
Politics-Ethics; Justice; Practical wisdom; Eudaimonia
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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