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Monday, September 29, 2003 - Posts

Aristotle: Metaphysics: Book Alpha i

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 10:03 PM by andy
I'll also give credit for the copy of Metahpysics I am currently studying.   An awesome summary is provided for the reader of this first section of Book Alpha in the last paragraph.  'all men take what is called "wisdom" to be concerned Read More
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics vi.7 . . . clarification of vi.3 - vi.6

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 9:29 PM by andy
"Wisdom is scientific knowledge, combined with intellect" A wise person knows "what follows from the first principles of a science" and has a true understanding of those first principles. Practical wisdom is more specific. Practical wisdom is, Read More
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics vi.6 . . . First Principles

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 9:07 PM by andy
Aristotle lays out an almost mathematical proof in this chapter detailing why intellect is "the state concerned with first principles". First principles can not be an object of scientific knowledge because scientific knowledge is concerned with what Read More
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics vi.5 . . . Practical Wisdom

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 8:50 PM by andy
This chapter was very difficult to read. It would probably help if I understood, let alone read, the first 5 books and 2 chapters of The Ethics but I'm reading just excerpts of the book right now so that I can have a better grasp of what Aristotle is Read More
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics vi.4 . . . Skill

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 8:17 PM by andy
Skill is concerned with production. It is concerned with the process in which something might come into being when the first principle of that something lies in the producer not in the product. "Skill . . . is a productive state involving true reason." Read More
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics vi.3 . . . Scientific Knowledge

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 7:50 PM by andy
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 Read More
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New Category

posted Monday, September 29, 2003 7:08 PM by andy
I'm a 3rd year undergraduate telecommunications major and philosophy minor so much of my research revolves around academic disciplines.  I was inspired to create this new category when I realized that after reading Aristotle's Metaphysics for three weeks Read More
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