Virtues and Vices
Cowardice - Recklessness
Courage
Aristotle's imagary of a person reaching the good
archery
a specific good quality
Virtue
The civilization / country where Aristotle lived
Greece
The most important activity according to Aristotle; what seperates humans from beasts
Contemplation
Boring - Vulgar
Witty; Funny
This theme is mentioned in the first book as something to avoid, but revisited in book ten as an aspect of happiness
Pleasure
Philisophical Wisdom
Sophia
The year Aristotle published Nicomachean Ethics
350-325 BC
A neccesarry means to survival; Aristotle keeps this seperate from virtues or pleasure
Money; Making Money
False Modesty - Vanity
Pride; Confidence
Aristotle claims that humans are on a spectrum between these two beings.
Beasts and Gods
Practical Wisdom
Phronesis
Another Greek Philosopher who mentored Aristotle
Plato
The interaction and conversation with others; something Aristotle thinks necessary in life
Politics
Spineless - Irritable
Patient
The human soul is divided into what two parts?
Rational and Irrational/emotional
Function of a thing or person
Ergon
Aristole tends to divide ideas into this number of categories
3
Supposedly gained in the process of virtuous acts; too much coud be a vice/animalistic
Pleasure
Insensibility - Self Indulgence
Temperance
This is the main theme of books six and seven, which we did not cover in class.
Friendship
Greek word for human flourishing; happiness
Eudaimonia
The name for a walking school one of which Aristotle taught at
Lyceum
Down time meant to be a break from all other activities in a day; includes rest or fun activities
Leisure