Aristotle
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Action versus Contemplation
Book The description for this book is as follows: "'All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,' Blaise...
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Aristotle and Aquinas on the Active and Contemplative Life
Video In this video, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame, and Dr. Meghan Sullivan (Rev. John...
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Aristotle: In Praise of Contemplation
Article In this article, the author explains Aristotle's belief that a good life is committed to contemplation. Barrientos shows that Aristotle...
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Aristotle & Virtue Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #38
Video From the video description: "This week we explore final ethical theory in this unit: Aristotle’s virtue theory. Hank explains the...
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Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity
Book The description for this book is as follows: "Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity...
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How Much Is Enough?
The description for this book is as follows: "What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money?...
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Midlife
Book The description for this book is as follows: "How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead,...
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On the Orders of Work (Excerpts from Aristotle's "Politics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Politics, he explores the proper relationship between work, education, and government in a well-ordered society.
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Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3
Video In this video, Crash Course introduces the basics of Plato's and Aristotle's lives and philosophies.
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Process (Excerpt from "Games and Why They Matter: A Conversation with Thi Nguyen")
Video In this video, narrator Thi Nguyen describes the value in work as process rather than product. He connects this to...
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Revolutionary Aristotelianism: Ethics, Resistance and Utopia
The description for this book is as follows: "This book includes revisions of papers originally presented at the inaugural conference...
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The Best Action is the One That Exercises the Mind's Faculties
Philosophical Text In this philosophical text, Aristotle discusses what constitutes an ethical action. He argues that an ethical action is one that...
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What Work is Really For
Article In this essay, Professor Gary Gutting (who taught at the University of Notre Dame until 2019) approaches the question of...
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Work and the Good Life Method (Selections from "Nicomachean Ethics")
Philosophical Text In these excerpts from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, he discusses what it takes to live a good life. Aristotle argues that, like...