Philosophic Classics From Plato to Derrida

186 ARISTOTLE self-controlled man seems self-indulgent in relation to an insensitive man and insen- sitive in relation to a self ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKIV) 187 Moreover, we must watch the errors which have the greatest attraction for us personally. For the n ...

188 ARISTOTLE extreme, but by the standard of what is right he occupies the median; for his claims correspond to his deserts, wh ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKIV) 189 30 1124 b 5 neither is possible without perfect virtue. Their good fortune notwithstanding, such p ...

190 ARISTOTLE Further, we think of a slow gait as characteristic of a high-minded man, a deep voice, and a deliberate way of spe ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 191 Small-mindedness is more opposed to high-mindedness than vanity is, for it occurs more frequently ...

192 ARISTOTLE action.* What affirmation and negation are in the realm of thought, pursuit and avoid- ance are in the realm of de ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 193 or not they continue to be true when removed from our observation. Therefore, an object of scienti ...

194 ARISTOTLE an applied science or art. It follows that, in general, a man of practical wisdom is he who has the ability to del ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 195 object either of science, of art, or of practical wisdom. For what is known scientifically is demo ...

196 ARISTOTLE theoretical but not practical wisdom: when we see that they do not know what is advan- tageous to them, we admit t ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 197 his own interests is regarded as a man of practical wisdom, while men whose concern is politics ar ...

198 ARISTOTLE deliberates he is engaged in investigating and calculating [things not yet decided]. Nor yet is it shrewd guessing ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 199 medicine, for example, is the science of matters pertaining to health, or geometry the sci- ence w ...

200 ARISTOTLE That is why these characteristics are regarded as natural endowments and, although no one is provided with theoret ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVI) 201 practical wisdom makes us use the right means. The fourth part of the soul, the nutri- tive, does ...

202 ARISTOTLE That is why some people maintain that all the virtues are forms of practical wisdom, and why Socrates’ approach to ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVII) 203 sites of two of these are obvious: one is called virtue or excellence and the other moral strengt ...

204 ARISTOTLE Problems in the Current Beliefs About Moral Strength and Moral Weakness: The problems we might raise are these. [ ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKVII) 205 resolution which Odysseus had persuaded him to adopt, because it gives him pain to tell a lie. Fu ...