PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Peripatetic School, Nicomachean Ethics, Summum Bonum
10 Feb 2016
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Aristotle was a student of plato, and teacher of alexander the great. When the latter died, aristotle, being from macedonia, left athens before they could. Sin twice against philosophy. aristotle founded a school called the lyceum, and it was also referred to as the peripatetic school (which refers to them walking around). It"s difficult to underestimate the influence of aristotle. He wrote on rhetoric, logic, natural science, physics, theatre, poetry, politics, ethics, and many other things. When rediscovered by europeans via arabic philosophy in the middle ages, he was referred to as simply the philosopher. The purpose of the nicomachean ethics (ne) is to discover the supreme. He is going to conclude that the supreme good is happiness in conformity with virtue(behavior high moral standards:patience , moderation , bravery , honesty). Every art, investigation or practice aims at some good, and the purpose of the ne is to discover the supreme good at which all things aim.
