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- Title
¿SE ACOBARDÓ ARISTÓTELES FRENTE A PLATON? UN ANÁLISIS DE LA NOCIÓN … EN LA ÉTICA A NICÓMACO.
- Authors
Montoya Londoño, Mauricio
- Abstract
At the end of Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle establishes a direct relation between eüoaiuovía and the activity of theoretical contemplation. According to Thomas Nagel, that situation originates two interpretative perspectives of …: a comprehensive account and an intellectualist one. The last one determines … as the activity of the most divine part of man as a result of theoretical contemplation. On the other hand, the comprehensive account involves the full range of human life and action. This paper argues in favor with the importance of considering … as a result of an ethical, political, economical and sociological viewpoint throughout Nicomachean Ethics. While this essay recognizes elements to support the intellectualist perspective, it considers if we defend it, an interpretation where Aristotle's practical reason turns to the metaphysical position in Plato's ethics will follows as a consequence.
- Subjects
ARISTOTLE, 384-322 B.C.; PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; ETHICS; ANCIENT philosophers; NAGEL, Thomas, 1937-
- Publication
Universitas Philosophica, 2010, Vol 27, Issue 54, p85
- ISSN
0120-5323
- Publication type
Article