PHIL1070 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nicomachean Ethics, Manichaeism, Eudaimonia
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Include also some states that are contrary to the virtue of prudence, and some states allied with prudence: why do we act incontinently / continently, definition of friendship (2 definitions). Explain the background of the question regarding friendship: definition of pleasure (2 definitions). At the beginning of this book, augustine invites god to "come into me. " When one of augustine"s good friends died, augustine reflected on the nature of friendship. To explain bad actions or movements in the human soul, augustine introduces the theory of two wills. When augustine talks with his son adeodatus, he mentions his theory of real knowledge wisdom. Augustine devotes half of book ix to his mother monica. Memory is very important part of human nature. Augustine examines memory, and explains that we have memories of sensual perceptions, emotions, skills, and ideas. He realizes that he does not understand how memory works, and wonders how we can find god if we do not understand ourselves.