Aristotle on the Uses of Contemplation

Provides an original, up-to-date, and systematic account of Aristotle's views on contemplation's place in the human good.

List of contents

1. How can useless contemplation be central to the human good?; 2. Useless contemplation as an ultimate end; 3. The threptic basis of living; 4. Authoritative functions, ultimate ends, and the good for living organisms; 5. The utility question restated - and how not to address it; 6. The first wave: reason, desire, and threptic guidance in the harmonized soul; 7. The second wave: complete virtue and the utility of contemplation; 8. The third wave: from contemplating the divine to understanding the human good; 9. The anatomy of Aristotelian virtue; 10. Some concluding reflections.

About the author

Matthew D. Walker is Assistant Professor of Humanities (Philosophy) at Yale-NUS College. His work focuses on ancient Greek philosophy and cross-cultural ethical theory, and has been published in numerous leading journals.

Summary

Reinterprets Aristotle's ethics and his views on philosophical contemplation regarding the concept of the good life, and takes a new approach by linking these topics with his wider scientific views on living organisms. The book will appeal to scholars and students of ancient philosophy, classics, political theory and religious studies.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Walker, Matthew D. Walker, Walker Matthew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781108421102
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42110-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy: logic, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500