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Notes on a talk of Ronna Burger concerning Aristotle’s Ethics

Privileged to witness Ronna Burger lecture on her book Aristotle’s Dialogue with Socrates: On the Nicomachean Ethics. Below are my notes, rewritten into a straight lecture and with some ideas that are definitely not Dr. Burger’s. I take full responsibility for anything said that is stupid or problematic. I guess this is a paraphrase of …

November 6, 2012 – 6:30 pm | By ashok | Posted in aristotle, philosophy | Tagged | Comments (0)

Do Money and Material Gain Taint Thought, or Validity of Opinion? On Aristotle’s Ethics, Bk. 2 Chp. 7

As always, any Aristotle quoted or cited comes from Joe Sachs’ version of the Ethics. If you are interested in other things I’ve written on Aristotle, or the discussions preceding this one, see the index above. Josh asked very directly, and very nicely, if money taints opinion. It would seem “selling out” is bad because …

May 16, 2007 – 9:37 pm | By ashok | Posted in aristotle, philosophy | Tagged , | Comments (1)

How do Knowledge and Virtue Relate? On Aristotle’s Ethics, Bk. 2 Chp. 4

The translation of the Ethics used below is Joe Sachs’. The quotes are from Bk. 2, Chapter 4 (1105 a17 – 1105 b18) The issue is locating the key problem in the opening paragraph of Aristotle’s chapter. We will begin with a part of it and skip ahead in the chapter to shed light on …

April 30, 2007 – 4:10 pm | By ashok | Posted in aristotle, philosophy | Tagged | Comments (0)

On the Good: Comment on Aristotle’s Ethics, Bk. 1 Chp. 6

Translations of quoted material below and citations are from/of Joe Sachs’ translation, published by Focus, 2002. The essay is as difficult as it gets and is highly, highly speculative. 1. Background: The Audience of the Ethics Aristotle begins by saying he wants to “examine the universal good and go through the difficulties in the way …

April 20, 2007 – 9:30 am | By ashok | Posted in aristotle, philosophy, plato | Tagged | Comments (0)