Aristotle at his Finest
Mutant Turtle Types
Pursuit of Happiness
RAQ
Happiness, the Final Frontier
100
Teleology is this.
What is the study of final ends?
100
This is the human part that controls the unconscious (i.e. heartbeat).
What is the vegetative?
100
This is the study of ends...finally!
What is teleology?
100
This is the way Aristotle died.
What is by drowning (after he could not prove how the tides rose and fell)?
100
This is telos.
What is the final end?
200
These are the four character types.
What are virtuous, vicious, continent/enduring, and incontinent/soft?
200
This character types appetites are in line with reason.
What is the virtuous?
200
This other famous philosopher was Aristotle's teacher.
Who is Plato?
200
This is who the Nicomachean Ethics are named after.
What is Aristotle's son?
200
This is teleology.
What is the study of final ends?
300
These are the two major parts of the human person according to Aristotle.
What are the rational and the non-rational (appetitive and vegetative)?
300
This person has appetites that are in line with reason, but he or she does not do the right thing.
What is vicious?
300
This famous son of Aristotle gave him the title for his ethics.
Who is Nicomachus?
300
This was the father of Alexander the Great.
Who is Philip of Macedon?
300
This is the human telos.
What is happiness?
400
These are the four "f's".
What are fighting, fleeing, feeding, and reproduction?
400
This character type has a strong aversion to pain.
What is soft?
400
This is the Greek word for the final goal of a human person.
What is eudaimonia?
400
These are the four "f's".
What is fighting, fleeing, feeding, and reproduction?
400
This is how one achieves happiness.
What is through virtue?
500
This is happiness according to Aristotle.
What is living a virtuous life in accord with reason?
500
Marathon runners who endure great amounts of pain are examples of this character type.
What is enduring?
500
This is a necessary condition for happiness.
What is virtue?
500
This philosopher was known for his deductive reasoning.
Who is Plato?
500
This is the definition of virtue.
What is an intermediate path between two vices of extreme and deficit (the Golden Mean)?
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