Citations of:
Aristotle on Enduring Evils While Staying Happy
In Pavlos Kontos (ed.), Evil in Aristotle. Cambridge University Press. pp. 150-169 (2018)
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Aristotle tells us that contemplation is the most self-sufficient form of virtuous activity: we can contemplate alone, and with minimal resources, while moral virtues like courage require other individuals to be courageous towards, or courageous with. This is hard to square with the rest of his discussion of self-sufficiency in the Ethics: Aristotle doesn't generally seek to minimize the number of resources necessary for a flourishing human life, and seems happy to grant that such a life will be self-sufficient despite (...) |
