Evil in Aristotle

Herausgeber: Kontos, Pavlos

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides the first full study of Aristotle's notion of evil and sheds light on its content, potential, and influence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781107161979
• ISBN-10: 1107161975
• Artikelnr.: 49394274

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Pavlos Kontos; Part I. Kakon in Aristotle's Metaphysics and
Biology: 1. Good and bad in Aristotle C. D. C. Reeve; 2. Badness as
posteriority to capacity in metaphysics Theta 9 Jonathan Beere; 3. The
good, the bad, and the ugly: natural teleology and its failures in
Aristotle Stasinos Stavrianeas; Part II. Kakon in Aristotle's Practical
Philosophy: 4. Radical evil in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics Pavlos
Kontos; 5. Aristotelian demons Howard J. Curzer; 6. Aristotle on
psychopathology Giles Pearson; 7. Aristotle on enduring evils while staying
happy Marta Jimenez; 8. The political kakon: the lowest forms of
constitutions Richard Kraut; Part III. The Presence of Aristotle in
Post-Aristotelian Philosophy: 9. Plotinus against Aristotle on the problem
of evil Paul Kalligas; 10. Being bad: Aristotelian resonances in Aquinas'
conception of evil Kevin L. Flannery, S.J.; 11. Virtue and vice in
Aristotle and Kant Stephen Engstrom; 12. Practical unintelligence and the
vices Daniel C. Russell.