Complete Life in the Eudemian Ethics

dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-16T16:16:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-16T16:16:55Z
dc.date.created	2022-03-27T23:20:11Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.citation	Vinje, Hilde . Complete Life in the Eudemian Ethics. APEIRON: a journal for ancient philosophy and science. 2022
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10852/101527
dc.description.abstract	In the Eudemian Ethics II 1, 1219a34–b8, Aristotle defines happiness as ‘the activity of a complete life in accordance with complete virtue’. Most scholars interpret a complete life as a whole lifetime, which means that happiness involves virtuous activity over an entire life. This article argues against this common reading by using Aristotle’s notion of ‘activity’ (energeia) as a touchstone. It argues that happiness, according to the Eudemian Ethics, must be a complete activity that reaches its end at any and every moment. The upshot of this reading is that life reaches completeness within a lifetime and that death cannot be the requirement for making life complete.
dc.description.abstract	Complete Life in the Eudemian Ethics
dc.language	EN
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International
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dc.title	Complete Life in the Eudemian Ethics
dc.title.alternative	ENEngelskEnglishComplete Life in the Eudemian Ethics
dc.type	Journal article
dc.creator.author	Vinje, Hilde
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cristin.unitname	Institutt for filosofi, idé- og kunsthistorie og klassiske språk
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cristin.fulltext	original
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dc.identifier.cristin	2012844
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dc.identifier.jtitle	APEIRON: a journal for ancient philosophy and science
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1515/apeiron-2021-0037
dc.subject.nvi	VDP::Filosofi: 161VDP::Klassisk filologi: 032
dc.type.document	Tidsskriftartikkel
dc.type.peerreviewed	Peer reviewed
dc.source.issn	0003-6390
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