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12Sovereign Virtue (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (2): 397-399. 1993.This work upholds the leading role of virtue in the happy life against competition from goods of fortune, such as health, beauty, wealth, and honor. "Sovereign" in the title--a translation of kurios--may mean two things: complete and dominant. White holds that complete virtue, and more especially the activity in accordance with it, is dominant in Aristotle's version of the happy life.
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11"Phronesis" on tour: cultural adaptability of Aristotelian ethical notionsKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 10 (4): 323. 2000.How might bioethics take account of cultural diversity? Can practical wisdom of an Aristotelian sort be applied across cultures? Afte
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9Aristotle on Accidental PerceptionIn Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou (ed.), Aristotle - Contemporary Perspectives on His Thought: On the 2400th Anniversary of Aristotle's Birth, De Gruyter. pp. 125-150. 2018.
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95 Variety of Socratic ElenchiIn Scott Gary Alan (ed.), Does Socrates Have a Method?: Rethinking the Elenchus in Plato's Dialogues and Beyond, Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 89-100. 2002.
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3The Practicality of Aristotle’s Politics: Practical Science’s Independence from TheoryIn David Keyt & Christopher Shields (eds.), Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy in Honor of Fred D. Miller, Jr, Springer Verlag. pp. 273-294. 2024.Many commentators suppose that the principles of Aristotle’s Politics are received from his theoretical works. Yet this way of understanding the Politics does not sufficiently appreciate Aristotle’s division of sciences, and it obscures the relevance of his political reflections for our time. We argue that Aristotle’s treatment of the polis and all it entails does not require his natural science and the principles of theoretical fields. Instead, despite wording that recalls theoretical treatises…Read more
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