ABOUT THE SCOPE OF TEMPERANCE. THOMAS AQUINAS’ COMMENTARY ON THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS III, 1117b22–1119b15 Cover Image

O ZAKRESIE UMIARKOWANIA. KOMENTARZ TOMASZA Z AKWINU DO ETYKI NIKOMACHEJSKIEJ III, 1117b22–1119b15
ABOUT THE SCOPE OF TEMPERANCE. THOMAS AQUINAS’ COMMENTARY ON THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS III, 1117b22–1119b15

Author(s): Włodzimierz Galewicz
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages
Published by: Instytut Tomistyczny
Keywords: Thomas Aquinas; Aristotle; virtue; vice; temperance; intemperance; self-indulgence; pleasures; desires;

Summary/Abstract: The text below contains a Polish translation of a fragment of Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics (Sententia Ethic., lib. 3, l. 19–22), referring to the last three chapters of Book III of Aristotle’s work (III 1117b22– 1119b15), devoted to the virtue of temperance (σωφροσύνη) and the vice of intemperance or self-indulgence (ἀκολασία). The presented translation has been provided with explanations and references by the translator.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: XXIX
  • Page Range: 59-78
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish