I better cite this so as not to end up in jail or anything. I will explicitly state that all of the information on this blog pertaining to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics can be attributed to Aristotle and the editor of the edition I am reading, Roger Crisp. Unless I come back and change this post later to include other sources.

Five ways in which the soul arrives at truth by affirmation or denial:

  1. Skill
  2. Scientific knowledge
  3. Practical wisdom
  4. Wisdom
  5. Intellect

Definition of Scientific knowledge:

  • Scientific knowledge is eternal
  • Teachable b/c it begins with a universal that is arrived at through induction and then expounded upon by deductive inference
  • Someone who understands first principles has scientific knowledge (if he only partly understands them by understanding conclusions he only has scientific knowledge in an incidental way)