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Contemplation and Society in Plato and Aristotle
Taschenbuch von Dominic Scott
Sprache: Englisch

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"This Element concerns the civic value of contemplation in Plato and Aristotle: how does intellectual contemplation contribute to the happiness of the ideal state? The texts discussed include the Republic, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, works in which contemplation is viewed from a political angle. The Element concludes that in the Republic contemplation has purely instrumental value, whereas in the Politics and Nicomachean Ethics it has purely intrinsic value. To do justice to the complexity of the issues involved, the author addresses a broader question about the nature of civic happiness: whether it is merely the aggregate of individual happiness or an organic quality that arises from the structure of the state. Answering this question has implications for how contemplation contributes to civic happiness. The Element also discusses how many citizens Plato and Aristotle expected to be engaged in contemplation in the ideal state"--
"This Element concerns the civic value of contemplation in Plato and Aristotle: how does intellectual contemplation contribute to the happiness of the ideal state? The texts discussed include the Republic, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Politics, works in which contemplation is viewed from a political angle. The Element concludes that in the Republic contemplation has purely instrumental value, whereas in the Politics and Nicomachean Ethics it has purely intrinsic value. To do justice to the complexity of the issues involved, the author addresses a broader question about the nature of civic happiness: whether it is merely the aggregate of individual happiness or an organic quality that arises from the structure of the state. Answering this question has implications for how contemplation contributes to civic happiness. The Element also discusses how many citizens Plato and Aristotle expected to be engaged in contemplation in the ideal state"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Plato on the social value of contemplation; 3. Aristotle on the social value of contemplation; 4. The extent of contemplation in Aristotle's ideal state; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009372596
ISBN-10: 1009372599
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Scott, Dominic
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 4 mm
Von/Mit: Dominic Scott
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,122 kg
Artikel-ID: 130441306
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Plato on the social value of contemplation; 3. Aristotle on the social value of contemplation; 4. The extent of contemplation in Aristotle's ideal state; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Renaissance und Aufklärung
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009372596
ISBN-10: 1009372599
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Scott, Dominic
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 4 mm
Von/Mit: Dominic Scott
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2024
Gewicht: 0,122 kg
Artikel-ID: 130441306
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