Being is better than not being: the metaphysics of goodness and beauty in Aristotle
"In his contemplative works on nature, Aristotle twice appeals to the general principle that being is better than not being. Taking his cue from this claim, Christopher V. Mirus offers an extended, systematic account of how Aristotle understands being itself to be good. The author begins with t...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In his contemplative works on nature, Aristotle twice appeals to the general principle that being is better than not being. Taking his cue from this claim, Christopher V. Mirus offers an extended, systematic account of how Aristotle understands being itself to be good. The author begins with two chapters on the human, examining Aristotle's well-known claim that the end of a human life is the good of the human substance as such-which turns out to be the good of the human capacity for thought. Human thought as contemplative is then oriented to the three branches of contemplative thought-mathematics, natural science, and theology-which are covered in the remaining three chapters. The book also features three appendices on aspects of Aristotle's thought, as well as a bibliography and three indices"-- |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS xi Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations for Works by Aristotle Litro duction xiii i Chapter i. The Human Good 21 Chapter 2. The Good Human 61 Chapter 3. The Fine and Beautiful 104 Chapter 4. Being and Goodness 152 Chapter 5. Order and the Determinate 195 Conclusion 233 Appendix A. Completeness and Self-Sufficiency 239 Appendix B. Teleology, the Elements, and the Cosmos 155 Appendix C. The Honorable 263 Works Cited 273 Index locorum 297 Index personarum 3 13 Index rerum 317 ix
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CONTENTS xi Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations for Works by Aristotle Litro duction xiii i Chapter i. The Human Good 21 Chapter 2. The Good Human 61 Chapter 3. The Fine and Beautiful 104 Chapter 4. Being and Goodness 152 Chapter 5. Order and the Determinate 195 Conclusion 233 Appendix A. Completeness and Self-Sufficiency 239 Appendix B. Teleology, the Elements, and the Cosmos 155 Appendix C. The Honorable 263 Works Cited 273 Index locorum 297 Index personarum 3 13 Index rerum 317 ix |
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