The Relation of Divine Thinking to Human Thought in Aristotle

Majithia, Roopen

doi:10.5840/acpq199973326

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

1999

DOI: 10.5840/acpq199973326

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The Relation of Divine Thinking to Human Thought in Aristotle

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“…For a fuller defense of the view that by theōria in X.7-8, Aristotle means exclusively the contemplation of the divine, seeMajithia (1999). 14 'Nous' is translated in this context as 'intellect' (Rackham) and 'reason' (Ross).…”

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Function, Intuition and Ends in Aristotle's Ethics

Majithia

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Ethic Theory Moral Prac

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This essay attempts to show why deliberation is not of ends for Aristotle, not only because deliberation is concerned with means, but because ends are grasped by wish. Such wishing, I argue, is a form of rational intuition that is non-discursive and analogous to seeing and therefore not at all like the discursive thought involved in deliberation. Such a reading also helps shed light on the nature of contemplation and therefore on happiness in Aristotle.

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