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2Perceiving Life as Good and Our OwnHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 37 (2): 101-120. 2020.In EN IX.9 Aristotle explains the value human beings place on their lives in terms of a special self-directed perception that attends our actualization in perceiving and thinking. I argue that Aristotle understands the perception as one that synoptically grasps life as good and one’s own. I further show Aristotle’s understanding of the nature of this perception is key to his central argument in IX.9: the perception accounts for the good person’s experience both of his individual life and of the …Read more
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1John von Heyking: Comprehensive Judgment and Absolute Selflessness: Winston Churchill on Politics as Friendship (review)The Review of Politics 82. 2019.
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Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |