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Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics???
Menang:
Hey Aurelian/Philosophers
I've read through Nicomachean Ethics several times already, I still have trouble understanding specifics (I get the gist of what he's saying, but if I read a specific paragraph I get lost).
Can anyone maybe help with maybe outlining for me Aristotle's steps in setting his major arguments of Happiness being the ultimate good and virtue being achievable by practice?
Ghost!:
--- Quote from: Menang on February 02, 2011, 05:34:49 pm ---Hey Aurelian/Philosophers
I've read through Nicomachean Ethics several times already, I still have trouble understanding specifics (I get the gist of what he's saying, but if I read a specific paragraph I get lost).
Can anyone maybe help with maybe outlining for me Aristotle's steps in setting his major arguments of Happiness being the ultimate good and virtue being achievable by practice?
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Don't stress out to much yet Menang. Just read through and understand the basic concepts and worry about the little details and specifics once you start going through it at school.
Menang:
--- Quote from: Ghost! on February 02, 2011, 05:51:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: Menang on February 02, 2011, 05:34:49 pm ---Hey Aurelian/Philosophers
I've read through Nicomachean Ethics several times already, I still have trouble understanding specifics (I get the gist of what he's saying, but if I read a specific paragraph I get lost).
Can anyone maybe help with maybe outlining for me Aristotle's steps in setting his major arguments of Happiness being the ultimate good and virtue being achievable by practice?
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Don't stress out to much yet Menang. Just read through and understand the basic concepts and worry about the little details and specifics once you start going through it at school.
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Thanks, Ghost! :) I usually don't stress, but I kinda actually need to know this...
--- Quote from: Menang on January 25, 2011, 09:48:26 pm ---I just finished reading through Book 1, it's tough! :(
Re-reading it slowly now, but I have to do a summary of Book 1 and 2 for holiday homework following the structure of:
1. What is its main contention? (claim)
2. What are the major supporting claims?
3. Outline the steps of the major arguments.
4. List key quotes
5. Suggest 1 or 2 counter arguments and how Aristotle would defend against them.
Hahaha I'm thinking this is way over my head atm, but I'll see how I go after re-reading. :S
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See? Holiday Homework. :P I think I get the first two questions OK, and I think I would be able handle Questions 4 and 5 but question 3 is throwing me. Since I can't understand what he's actually saying in a paragraph (just the gist of the entire book) I can't figure out how to break down his arguments into steps... :S
Dr.Lecter:
What textbooks are you using?
Menang:
--- Quote from: Dr.Lecter on February 02, 2011, 06:00:41 pm ---What textbooks are you using?
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No set textbook! 0_0
Not that I know of anyway...
My teacher just gives us photocopies of the VCAA set texts, and she gave us Nicomachean Ethics for the holidays.
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