Aristotle's Ethical Treatises

Bobonich, Chris

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“…This is also a piece of evidence for Aristotle's selective reception of Plato's argument. I owe this connection with Plato's Republic to an anonymous reader.18 CompareBobonich (2006) 26 for assimilating the Eth. Eud.…”

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“…1For a discussion of the chronological issue between these two ethical treatises, see Bobonich (2006). I follow the standard view that Eth.…”

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“…My research has been financially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant Numbers: 16K16680 and 22K00019). 1 For a discussion of the chronological issue between these two ethical treatises, see Bobonich (2006). I follow the standard view that Eth.…”

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The Eleatic Stranger's Method in Aristotle's Ethics

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This article examines Aristotle's method for defining the concept of happiness in his Eudemian and Nicomachean ethics. In particular, the article draws attention to a methodological passage (Eth. Eud. 1.6 1216b26–35), in which he claims that ‘If we start from what is truly yet not clearly spoken, clarity will be won as we make progress’. This expression comes from Plato's Statesman 275a and 281d. Aristotle then seems to adopt the Eleatic stranger's method in two ways to clarify the initial imprecise statement that happiness is the greatest and best of human goods: first, he distinguishes a target object from other similar objects, and second, he refers to appearances as illustrations to clarify more abstract ethical concepts. This analysis illuminates the influence of the later Platonic method on Aristotle's ethics from a new angle.

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“…1For a discussion of the chronological issue between these two ethical treatises, see Bobonich (2006). I follow the standard view that Eth.…”

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