Philosophic Classics From Plato to Derrida

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKII) 181 literate only if he produces a piece of writing in a literate way, and that means doing it 25 in a ...

DISCOURSE ONMETAPHYSICS 591 connection in these propositions has its basis in the nature of each. But these are not necessary de ...

182 ARISTOTLE virtues are neither emotions nor capacities, the only remaining alternative is that they are characteristics. So m ...

592 GOTTFRIEDLEIBNIZ Hence it can be said in a manner of speaking and in a sense that is good, though remote from ordinary usage ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKII) 183 30 35 both praise and success are signs of virtue or excellence. Consequently, virtue is a mean in ...

DISCOURSE ONMETAPHYSICS 593 THEACTION OFONEFINITESUBSTANCE ONANOTHER CONSISTSSOLELY IN THEINCREASE IN THEDEGREE OFITS EXPRESSIO ...

184 ARISTOTLE an unjust or a cowardly or a self-indulgent act. For if there were, we would have a mean of excess and a mean of d ...

594 GOTTFRIEDLEIBNIZ things that surpass the powers of our natures, and even those of every limited nature. Consequently, to spe ...

NICOMACHEANETHICS(BOOKII) 185 man who occupies the middle position gentle. Of the extremes, let the man who exceeds be called sh ...

DISCOURSE ONMETAPHYSICS 595 the height CD of four fathoms. Hence (by the second supposition), the forces of the two bodies are e ...

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

596 GOTTFRIEDLEIBNIZ slipped into the writings of some able mathematicians, but also in metaphysics, in the better understanding ...

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

DISCOURSE ONMETAPHYSICS 597 Everyone who sees the admirable structure of animals is led to recognise the wisdom of the Author of ...

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

598 GOTTFRIEDLEIBNIZ the bones were solid, but had gaps and joints, that the nerves could be tensed or relaxed, and that was why ...

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

DISCOURSE ONMETAPHYSICS 599 useful, not only for admiring the artifice of the great Workman, but also in discovering something u ...

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 ...

600 GOTTFRIEDLEIBNIZ the minds of our philosophers from mere material considerations to more noble medita- tions. It is now time ...