Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation
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Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation

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  2. English
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Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation

About this book

Traditionally, Aristotle is held to believe that philosophical contemplation is valuable for its own sake, but ultimately useless. In this volume, Matthew D. Walker offers a fresh, systematic account of Aristotle's views on contemplation's place in the human good. The book situates Aristotle's views against the background of his wider philosophy, and examines the complete range of available textual evidence (including neglected passages from Aristotle's Protrepticus). On this basis, Walker argues that contemplation also benefits humans as perishable living organisms by actively guiding human life activity, including human self-maintenance. Aristotle's views on contemplation's place in the human good thus cohere with his broader thinking about how living organisms live well. A novel exploration of Aristotle's views on theory and practice, this volume will interest scholars and students of both ancient Greek ethics and natural philosophy. It will also appeal to those working in other disciplines including classics, ethics, and political theory.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781108421102
eBook ISBN
9781108372985
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Logic in Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Note on Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations
  8. Chapter 1 How Can Useless Contemplation Be Central to the Human Good?
  9. Chapter 2 Useless Contemplation as an Ultimate End
  10. Chapter 3 The Threptic Basis of Living
  11. Chapter 4 Authoritative Functions, Ultimate Ends, and the Good for Living Organisms
  12. Chapter 5 The Utility Question Restated – and How Not to Address It
  13. Chapter 6 The First Wave: Reason, Desire, and Threptic Guidance in the Harmonized Soul
  14. Chapter 7 The Second Wave: Complete Virtue and the Utility of Contemplation
  15. Chapter 8 The Third Wave: From Contemplating the Divine to Understanding the Human Good
  16. Chapter 9 The Anatomy of Aristotelian Virtue
  17. Chapter 10 Some Concluding Reflections
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index Locorum
  20. Index

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