The Politics of Slavery in Ancient Greece
Aristotle's Politics explores the institution of slavery in ancient Greece, examining its connection to societal hierarchy, natural inferiority, and just war.
Theory
The Concept of the State in Aristotle's Philosophy
An introduction to Aristotle's concept of the State, its purpose, and significance in achieving eudaimonia, with a focus on its historical context and relevance to modern societies.
Aristotelian Notions of Human Nature and Social Order
Aristotle's philosophy emphasizes the importance of cultivating virtues and living in accordance with reason for achieving eudaimonia, or a life of happiness and fulfillment.
Aristotle's Politics: A Source of Enduring Principles
An accessible guide to key arguments and concepts, explaining how a philosophical view emerged, what it claims, and why it matters today.
The Limits of Aristotle's Ethics
This article critiques Aristotle's Ethics, arguing that it neglects human emotions and relationships in its focus on reason and virtue development.
The Concept of Happiness in Aristotle's Ethics
Exploring Aristotle's concept of eudaimonia as happiness and its implications for virtue development, habituation, and intellectual contemplation.
The Nature of Friendship in Aristotle's Ethics
Aristotle's Ethics explores the concept of friendship as an essential aspect of human relationships, distinguishing between perfect and imperfect friendships.
The Good of the Whole: A Philosophical Exploration
Exploring the fundamental question of ethics and politics, examining German thinkers' views on the relationship between state and individual morality.
The Subordination of Ethics to Politics: An Aristotelian Perspective
Aristotle's Virtue Theory emphasizes context-dependent virtues related to one's role in society, influencing the relationship between ethics and politics.
Social Justice and the Distribution of Goods
Understanding the historical and philosophical roots of modern debates about social justice, including the concept of natural superiority versus meritocracy and the relationship between virtue ethics and social justice.
The Natural Order of Relationships: Aristotle on Hierarchy and Obligation
An examination of Aristotle's philosophical thoughts on relationships and obligations, exploring his concept of the natural order and its implications for social hierarchy.
The Justice of Mastery and the Concept of Friendship
A philosophical exploration of justice in master-slave relationships, examining Aristotle's views on fairness, right conduct, and moral rectitude.
The Virtues of the Soul: Intellectual and Moral
Exploring the distinction between intellectual and moral virtues, their development through habituation, and the role of reason and passion in achieving virtue.
The Concept of Happiness and Virtue
Aristotle's concept of happiness as an activity of the soul, achieved through virtue cultivation, emphasizing reason, contemplation, and moral intellectual virtues.
The Tripartite Soul: A Study of Aristotle's Conception
An exploration of Aristotle's concept of the tripartite soul, its development in his Nicomachean Ethics, and its ongoing influence on Western philosophical thought.
Aristotle's Doctrine of the Soul: Form, Unity, and Organization
An accessible guide to key arguments and concepts, explaining how Aristotle's doctrine of the soul emerged, what it claims, and why it matters today.
The Hierarchy of the Human Psyche: Soul and Mind in Ancient Philosophy
Exploring ancient philosophical debates about the distinction between soul and mind, and their implications for understanding human existence.
The Concept of the Unmoved Mover
An introduction to Aristotle's concept of the Unmoved Mover, its relationship to his metaphysics, and implications for human action.
The Doctrine of Matter and Form in Aristotle
Aristotle's central concept of matter and form explains how things change and develop through the addition of form to potential matter.
The Unity and Particularity of Form
Aristotle's theory of form as a universal concept applicable to all instances of a particular entity, with implications for reality, knowledge, and epistemology.