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020 _a9781108431323
082 _a185
_bWAL
100 _aWalker, Matthew D.
245 _aAristotle on the uses of contemplation
260 _bCambridge University Press,
_c2020
_aCambridge :
300 _ax, 261 p. ;
_c23 cm
365 _b25.99
_cGBP
_d108.40
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aReinterprets Aristotle's ethics and his views on philosophical contemplation regarding the concept of the good life, and takes a new approach by linking these topics with his wider scientific views on living organisms. The book will appeal to scholars and students of ancient philosophy, classics, political theory and religious studies.
650 _aAuthoritative functions
650 _aBoundary markers
650 _aContemplative nous
650 _aEpithumia
650 _aEthical virtues
650 _a Eudemian Ethics
650 _aHuman soul
650 _aIsocrates
650 _aLife-functions
650 _aNicomachean Ethics
650 _aNonnaturalism
650 _a Protreptic arguments
650 _aTeleological explanation
650 _a Virtuous agency
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_cBK