Aristotle's Ambiguous Account of the Best Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357615 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aristide Tessitore (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-215 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3235108 |
| OpenAlex | W2329780019 |
| Language | EN |
This article examines the problematic relationship between moral and intellectual virtue in the Nicomachean Ethics by exploring Aristotle's concern with two different audiences: those inclined toward an active political life and those who are potential philosophers. The author argues that attentiveness to the dual audience of the Ethics renders intelligible Aristotle's apparently inconsistent teaching on moral virtue as an end in itself in Books I-V and his final exaltation of theoretical virtue in Book X
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |