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Here I publish some of my writings on issues that I deem important. The title of this blog refers to famous statement of Moses in the Bible. I often had similar feelings in my experience with life for a variety of reasons. Until my relations with the world get normalized, I will keep using this title.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Aristotle and Hobbes on "Good life and
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Compare and contrast Hobbes with Aristotle with respect to the conceptions they
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general similarities and differences between Hobbes and Aristotle?
The foremost difference between Hobbes and Aristotle that need to be discussed for a
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comparison of Hobbes and Aristotle with regard to their conceptions of good life/happiness is
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that Aristotle offers normative judgments about the good life, whereas Hobbes rejects normative judgments about the ideal life, and describes human actions without attributing to them a moral quality. Aristotle’s Ethics is replete with such statements that differentiate between virtues/vices, good and evil actions, desirable and undesirable purposes of life, and defines what the best good (summum bonum) is for humans. Hobbes on the other hand rejects all the normative judgments attached to human actions, argues that good and bad varies from one person to another, and he also explicitly rejects the idea that human life has an ultimate purpose (summum bonum). As he states, “For there is no such finis ultimus nor summum bonum as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers…Felicity is a continual progress of
A Stranger in a Strange World: Aristotle and Hobbes on "Good life and Happiness"
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A Stranger in a Strange World
Here I publish some of my writings on issues that I deem important. The title of this blog refers to famous statement of Moses in the Bible. I often had similar feelings in my experience with life for a variety of reasons. Until my relations with the world get normalized, I will keep using this title.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Aristotle and Hobbes on "Good life and
Happiness"
Compare and contrast Hobbes with Aristotle with respect to the conceptions they
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general similarities and differences between Hobbes and Aristotle?
The foremost difference between Hobbes and Aristotle that need to be discussed for a
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comparison of Hobbes and Aristotle with regard to their conceptions of good life/happiness is
▼ 2011 (3)
that Aristotle offers normative judgments about the good life, whereas Hobbes rejects normative judgments about the ideal life, and describes human actions without attributing to them a moral quality. Aristotle’s Ethics is replete with such statements that differentiate between virtues/vices, good and evil actions, desirable and undesirable purposes of life, and defines what the best good (summum bonum) is for humans. Hobbes on the other hand rejects all the normative judgments attached to human actions, argues that good and bad varies from one person to another, and he also explicitly rejects the idea that human life has an ultimate purpose (summum bonum). As he states, “For there is no such finis ultimus nor summum bonum as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers…Felicity is a continual progress of