Aristotle vs Theognis
| dc.contributor.author | Couvalis, Spyridon George | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-24T01:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-03-24T01:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aristotle argues that provided we have moderate luck, we can attain eudaimonia through our own effort. He claims that it is crucial to attaining eudaimonia that we aim at an overall target in our lives to which all our actions are directed. He also claims that the proper target of a eudaimon human life is virtuous activity, which is a result of effort not chance. He criticises Theognis for saying that the most pleasant thing is to chance on love, arguing instead that virtuous activity is the most pleasant thing. I argue that although Aristotle’s view is insightful and carefully worked out, he fails to show that Theognis is wrong. Effort is not necessarily the path to human eudaimonia and important things we attain by chance seem to have an irreplacable value. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Couvalis, George 2009. Aristotle vs Theognis. In E. Close, G. Couvalis, G. Frazis, M. Palaktsoglou, and M. Tsianikas (eds.) "Greek Research in Australia: Proceedings of the Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, Flinders University June 2007", Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek: Adelaide, 81-88. | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0725811341 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/8063 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek | en |
| dc.subject | Greek Research | en |
| dc.subject | Greece | en |
| dc.subject | Australia | en |
| dc.subject | George Couvalis | en |
| dc.title | Aristotle vs Theognis | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |