Matthew D. Walker is Assistant Professor of Humanities (Philosophy) at Yale-NUS College. His work focuses on ancient Greek philosophy and cross-cultural ethical theory, and has been published in numerous leading journals.
Inhaltsangabe
1. How can useless contemplation be central to the human good? 2. Useless contemplation as an ultimate end 3. The threptic basis of living 4. Authoritative functions, ultimate ends, and the good for living organisms 5. The utility question restated - and how not to address it 6. The first wave: reason, desire, and threptic guidance in the harmonized soul 7. The second wave: complete virtue and the utility of contemplation 8. The third wave: from contemplating the divine to understanding the human good 9. The anatomy of Aristotelian virtue 10. Some concluding reflections.
1. How can useless contemplation be central to the human good? 2. Useless contemplation as an ultimate end 3. The threptic basis of living 4. Authoritative functions, ultimate ends, and the good for living organisms 5. The utility question restated - and how not to address it 6. The first wave: reason, desire, and threptic guidance in the harmonized soul 7. The second wave: complete virtue and the utility of contemplation 8. The third wave: from contemplating the divine to understanding the human good 9. The anatomy of Aristotelian virtue 10. Some concluding reflections.
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