Goods and Florishing / Rhetoric
What does it mean to flourish?
Florishing is living well or being happy and living the good life or to live in the way that is maximally human
What is generosity the virtue of?
Generosity is known as the of being liberal in giving or giving out of the kindness of your heart
What is magnanimity?
Magnanimity is the virtue in which someone believes they are destined for greatness and achieves it.
What is prudence?
Prudence is the ability to make decisions based on habit and right reasoning about what is good for one’s life as a whole.
What does Aristotle say about man's character rather that contradicts the statement that "man is a rational and autonomous animal."
In Aristotle's case he defines man's personality as man as a rational and political animal rather then the commonly accepted belief that man is a rational and autonomous animal."
What is the difference between a good and the Good
A good is something that is pleaurable like pizza video games etc. It also tends to avoid the pain of an indivival and creates a sort of illusion of true goodness as it will only provide temporary happiness. The Good is the highest level of happiness achived through virtue and it shows that you have a sort of mastery of the world
Generous people do virtuous things for the most part but what would be a good example of a person being over or undergenerous?
This is open ended so no real right anwser but giving to the poor or not helping at all are 2 sides of the same coin of sorts.
Name one example of a magnanamous figure. (Past or present.)
The question is open ended but a few examples would be Alexander the Great, myself, etc
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_ is an essential part of prudence because reason grounds prudence to the particular (i.e you)
What is reason
What is the difference between anger and hatred in Aristotle's Rhetoric?
Aristotle states in his Rhetoric that anger is accompanied by pain and hatred on the other hand is not. The angry man for Aristotle feels pain, but the hater does not. “ he also states that all painful things are felt, but the greatest evils are the least felt since their presence causes no pain. One last thing is that Aristotle states that “anger could be cured by time, but hatred cannot representing a key difference between the two concepts.
What are the 3 main aspects of rhetoric that forge an effective argument?
Ethos (credibility), Pathos (emotion) and Logos (logos)
What do you need to find to be classified as a generous person and does pathos factor into this form of action?
In order to be classified as a generous person you must find the golden mean on how much of something you have to be generous with. Pathos plays a major factor because you must have pathos to generally feel sympathy for a person and you must be generous to help them flourish.
What is Aristotle's definition of magnanimity in the Nicomachean ethics?
Aristotle's definition is something along the lines of "the quality of the person who knows himself or herself to be worthy of great honors”. He also states that the magnanimous person is “fine and good and therefore virtuous
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The specific difference of man is _
Therefore the end of man pertains to _
To be _ is to have _
Therefore _ is the (philosophical) end of man
Reason, Reason, Wise, right reasoning, wisdom, end of man
Name Aristotle's 3 types of freindships and what each type means
Utility- friends who seek something from each side of the friendship for example roommates splitting rent.
Pleasure- are friendships in which each friend shares similar interests or get pleasure from being around the other
True- is the love for someone for who they are (i.e love for the sake of use, pleasure, and for the sake of the thing itself) Your not trying to get something out of them you don’t just have something in common but you truly care about the good and the bad in the person flaws and all.
What is Aristotle's definition of virtue and why is important to mankind florishing in general?
Bonus: What do you think my version of virtue is? (no points will be deducted if you do not know)
According to Aristotle "The virtue of man is the state of character which makes a man good and which makes him do his own work well" This is important because if mankind loses its rationality they will go insane
Another acceptable anwser would be: the perfection of human nature
In my opinion virtue is what ties all philosophical concepts together into what I like to call a "Crown" of sorts with each aspect being a different jewel and Goodness being the crown jewel since it is the virtue interconnecting them all
How would Aristotle rhetorically persuade a person was on the fence of being generous?
He would say the action of giving is not good enough and that the virtous person must feel ok to be generous and give that item away "out of the kindness of their soul.
Imagine you are trying to persuade someone to be magnanimious how would you go about doing this (keeping in mind you must have effective ethos, pathos and logos)?
This is an open ended question but I would personally start with my ethos build up my credibility on why they should trust my point use logos to back up that point by explaining how to be virtuous. Based on the situation the rhetorical technique varies and then I would use pathos to sympathise with the other person's experiences
Prudence is to _ as wisdom is to _
becoming ,being
What is Aristotle's other definition of true friendship and why is it in his opinion rare to see such a sight?
Hint (has to do with 2 virtuous people)
True friendship in Aristotle’s definition is one in which 2 virtuous humans existing in the highest degree of humanity will the good to each other.
True friendship in Aristotle's opinion is rare since it is the true perfection of friendship
What is a secondary name that philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Socrates used to describe the aspect of happiness?
Eudaimonia
What is Aristotle's definition of genorosity in the Nicomachen ethics and how is it important?
The generous person for Aristotle is "one who gives of his or her wealth in a way that achieves a mean between wastefulness and covetousness. The generous person does not give indiscriminately, but seeks to give in a way that is good and fine." Their must be a balance with how generous you are because it can lead to selfishness or living poorly due to you being overgenerous
How does magnanimity relate to the good in Rhetoric and why is it important virtue to mankind as a whole?
Magnanimity relates to the good because it is the act of someone beliving they can do (good i.e virtuous acts and making rational decisions among each other. This is good to mankind as a whole because you must belive you can do good and then you can act upon those thoughts and flourish better therefore bettering mankind.
What is the Prudent person able to do in Thomas Aquinas eyes when he was commenting on the Ethics?
The prudent person in Aquinas' eyes can 'in by the power of habit give good advice about proper and useful goods not only in some particular matter for example what things are useful for health or bodily strength but also about things good and useful for the benefit of the total life of man"
What is a friend according to Aristotle's Rhetoric
A friend in Aristotle’s case is “one who feels and makes you emit pleaureable emotions thus he states that making you emit the emotions for what you believe is good. He also states that “ your friend is the sort of man who shares your pleasure in what is good and your pain in which is unpleasant “- Aristotle's Rhetoric