An Embarrassing Side of the Master of Common Sense or About Different Ways of Reading Aristotle’s Ethics Cover Image

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An Embarrassing Side of the Master of Common Sense or About Different Ways of Reading Aristotle’s Ethics

Author(s): Leszek Skowroński
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Arystoteles; etyka; Boecjusz;

Summary/Abstract: This article argues against the popular image of Aristotle as a common-sense philosopher, an image built by opposing him to Plato. In the first part, there is a short survey of ways in which some modern commentators try to ignore passages of Aristotle’s texts which do not fit into supposedly Aristotelian down-to-earth view of human life. The second part presents an example of a philosopher who brings these suppressed fragments to the fore and sees in them the essence of Aristotle’s writings on the human good.

  • Issue Year: 54/2009
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 235-250
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish