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cognition of value in aristotle's ethics promise of enrichment, threat of
destruction
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| argues that metaphysics is central to ethics for aristotle and that the ethics can be read on two levels--imprecisely, in terms of its own dialectically grounded and imprecise claims, or in terms of the metaphysical terms and concepts that give the ethics greater articulation and depth. |
the
author, deborah achtenberg, is
associate professor of philosophy
at the university of nevada, reno. she received her phd from
the graduate faculty of the new school for social research
in
1982.
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| "worthwhile
perspectives on some well-known problems in the primary text" --mind "convincing case for a fresh and
attractive reading of Aristotle's ethics." --journal of the history of philosophy
"an admirably unified reading that solves many puzzles
that exist in Aristotle's texts." --review of metaphysics |
published
by suny press, the book is a
volume
in suny's series in ancient greek philosophy, anthony preus,
editor. info at suny
press. |