CLA101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotelian Ethics, Socratic Method
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470 to 399 bce: the socratic method and the quest for virtue. > plato (427 to 347 bce: the world of ideas and the notion of justice. > aristotle (384 to 322 bce: empiricism, teleology and the happy life (eudaimonia) See also: textbook (sowerby 2015) chapter 5: greek: philosophia = love of wisdom", the pre- socratics" : explaining the physical world, socrates (ca. Sowerby (2015) p. 199: plato"s ideal state: the philosopher king and the birth of authoritarianism, aristotle (387 - 322 bce, initially plato"s pupil, then own school in athens: the lyceum" or the peripatos"/ the. !2: the value of friendship (philia): necessary condition for happiness, the theoretical life" (bios theoretikos) as a prime path towards a happy life. > aristotle on friendship: snapshot 1: from the beginning of aristotle nicomachean ethics happiness, the ultimate good (book 1 chapter, 4. 1-3 and chapter 5. 2)
