Philosophy 3170F/G Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Aristotle, Soul, Wisdom
20 Nov 2018
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Aristotle: virtue & vice: virtue = character traits (positive/ideal/perfection, vice = something bad, inherent connection to having excess/deficiency, i. e. , anger, metaphysical analysis, character = disposition to act/react emotionally to the world. I. e. , good humour = virtue (leads to a better social life) Intellectual virtue: (cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s are a sla(cid:448)e to their passio(cid:374)s(cid:863, aristotle disagrees. 2: the (cid:862)(cid:272)hief good(cid:863) is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that is do(cid:374)e fo(cid:396) the sake of itself, (cid:374)ot fo(cid:396) the sake of so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g else (further, exploring whether politics is the chief good. If it is the chief good, it must be good for all of man and state. 3: those that are experts in a certain field can be judges of the correctness of information (within his field) If we know the good, then we are better able to attain it. 7: what can the good that we are seeking be, seems different in different actions and arts.
