PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Akrasia, Eternal Law
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Virtue of thought, akrasia, thought thinking thought, virtue = reason = happiness, politics, Education: craft knowledge: everyday things, scienti c knowledge: knowing things that are true and unchanging; general natures. Intelligence*: used to make decisions; knowing what is good and how to do good. Akrasia: knowing what is good, being able to do what is good, but does the wrong thing. If intelligent, know what is good, and desires what is good, one is doing good and being virtuous and happy. Being virtuous is an activity; something one is; a way of living. Those able to contemplate and meditate on reason are the happiest. Helps train us and enforce good habits. Helps us act as if we were virtuous. Purpose: make us behave as if we were good and virtuous. Aristotle wants political state to be in charge of education. Aristotle states: of all the different kinds of people there are, the best teachers would be the philosophers.
