Day 18: Finishing and Evaluating
Aristotle
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Return and Discuss Test 2
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Review: Intellectual Virtue
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What is Happiness?
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Summary
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Discussion of Strengths and Weaknesses
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Read the J. Thomson paper for next time
Review: Intellectual Virtue
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Why should we understand the nature of intellectual virtue?
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What are the two parts of the rational soul?
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How is each part characterized?
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What is practical wisdom? Of which type of reason is it a virtue? What
is the range of possible concerns for practical wisdom?
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What are some other intellectual virtues?
What is Happiness?
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According to Aristotle, how are exertion and amusement related to one
another?
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According to Aristotle, what are the two types of life that are worth
living? Why?
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According to Aristotle, which life is the highest (or best life to
live)? Why?
Summary
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Review introductory examples from Day 15: Introduction to the
Nicomachean Ethics
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Useful quote
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Discuss quote