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What does it mean to be a principle?
I would look at Aristotle's Physics. A principle is a philosophical tool. Something that can be accepted as foundational.
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Aristotle's Happiness Argument
Aristotle speaks about eudaimonia ("ευδαιμονία"). Εudaimonia is not just sent by the Gods (good luck, fate etc), but is obtained by a continuous practice of virtue. Εudaimonia is an-end-in-...
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Aristotle's virtue
I don't read that as saying that the soul can't act in accordance with more than one virtue, instead I read it as saying that human good in particular is activity of the soul in accordance with the ...
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Aristotle's virtue
He doesn't define "best and most complete" in absolute terms, nor in strictly practical ones.
The main point is that there are different ways to approach virtue and our best advise would be ...
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Aristotle's virtue
In NE 1.7 1098a17-18, the passage "if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complete" is the Greek singular meaning "the best and most complete virtue&...
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Aristotle's function argument
The problem comes from definitions. Aristotle's (and all Greek philosophers) reasoning is teleological : the explanation of anything must consider its final cause (what to be achieved, the purpose) as ...
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Aristotle's function argument
According to Aristotle virtue (= arete) means to develop and to act according to one's capability. The highest and characteristic human capability is rationality - according to Aristotle. Therefore ...
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