Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle

Zusatztext VR is a closely argued and densely packed work which is likely to become an essential point of reference for certain research programmes in Platonic and Aristotelian ethics and moral psychology. Informationen zum Autor A. W. Price was educated at Winchester and Oxford, and has taught chiefly at York and in London. He has maintained an interest both in current ethical theory, and in the moral psychology of Greek philosophers, especially Plato and Aristotle. This is his fourth book. Klappentext A.W. Price explores the views of Plato and Aristotle on how virtue of character and practical reasoning enable agents to achieve eudaimonia¿the state of living or acting well. He provides a full philosophical analysis and argues that the perennial question of action within human life is central to the reflections of these ancient philosophers. Zusammenfassung A.W. Price explores the views of Plato and Aristotle on how virtue of character and practical reasoning enable agents to achieve eudaimonia--the state of living or acting well. He provides a full philosophical analysis and argues that the perennial question of action within human life is central to the reflections of these ancient philosophers. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION PART A: EUDAIMONIA A1: PLATO ON EUDAIMONIA A2: ARISTOTLE ON EUDAIMONIA PART B: VIRTUE B1: PLATO ON VIRTUE B2: ARISTOTLE ON VIRTUE PART C: PRACTICAL REASONING C1: PLATO ON PRACTICAL REASONING C2: ARISTOTLE ON PRACTICAL REASONING PART D: ACRASIA D1: PLATO ON ACRASIA D2: ARISTOTLE ON ACRASIA REFERENCES INDEX

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• Authors: A. W. Price, A.W. Price, A.w. (Birkbeck College Price
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780199609611
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960961-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500