φύσις καί τὸ ἀνθρώπινον ἀγαθὸν : The Aristotelian Foundations of the Human Good
出版項
2018
說明
1 online resource (455 pages)
文字
text
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computer
成冊
online resource
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Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-12, Section: A
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis
Advisor: Hittinger, John P
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of St. Thomas (Houston), 2018
Includes bibliographical references
This study discloses Aristotle’s account of the human good (τὸ ἀνθρώπινον ἀγαθὸν) by appeal to the human functional-act (ἔργον) in Nicomachean Ethics I.7-13, ex Aristotele. By presenting Aristotle’s conceptions of science (ἐπιστήμη) and his method of induction (ἐπαγωγή) and division for obtaining a definition (Posterior Analytics; De Partibus Animalium), along with his application of this scientific methodology in his treatments of nature (Physics) and the soul (De Anima), this study exhibits the functional account of the human good with the full epistemic force that Aristotle intended and achieved. Special emphasis is placed on the role of nature (φύσις) as hylomorphic and teleological in the functional account, as it is pivotal for the possibility of defining the human and the human good with necessity. It is shown that Aristotle defines the first principles (ἀρχαί) of nature (φύσις) and the human soul (ψῡχή) with a necessity (ἀνάγκη) of constraint-as distinct from an unqualified (ἁπλός) demonstrative necessity-and that, working from these principles and their corrolates, he expresses universal claims about the human good in Nicomachean Ethics I that are necessary on the hypothesis or supposition (ἐξ ὑποθέσεως) of the end. The general significance of this study is threefold. First, there is a need in contemporary scholarship for the presentation of the functional account of the human good ex Aristotele as commentators have failed to appreciate Aristotle’s conceptions of science, definition, nature, and the soul, which has resulted in an inability to hear and understand Aristotle’s accomplishment regarding the human good in Nicomachean Ethics. Second, this study provides principles foundational to contemporary philosophical treatments of the person, where there is a need to treat the human person and the good of the human person as essentially grounded in nature (φύσις) as an intrinsic and essential principle of motion in order to respond Modern, Humean approaches to philosophical anthropology and ethics, which have generally questioned and denied the very possibility of defining the human being and then employing such a definition in order to make universally necessary claims about the human good. Third, this study constitutes a significant development in the perennial Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions by bringing to bear on Aristotle’s treatment of the human being and the human good the contributions of recent scholars pertaining Aristotle’s works on science and nature
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2019
