The Eudemian Ethics on the Voluntary, Friendship, and Luck: The Sixth S.V. Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy

The Eudemian Ethics on the Voluntary, Friendship, and Luck......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 14
Brad Inwood and Fiona Leigh: Introduction......Page 16
References......Page 30
2. The NE III.1 Account of *Voluntary* Action: A Sketch......Page 32
3. The EE Account of the *Voluntary*: Differences in Judgement......Page 39
4. A Sketch of the EE Account of the *Voluntary*......Page 41
5. Gaps and Gains in EE Account......Page 46
6. The Significance of the Theoretical Differences between the NE and EE......Page 48
7. CE V.8: Some Moves beyond the EE Account?......Page 53
8. Is There an Intelligible Route from EE II to NE III.1–5 via CE V.8?......Page 55
References......Page 58
II. Christopher Rowe: Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics on Loving People and Things......Page 60
References......Page 72
1. Reading Aristotle......Page 74
2. Three Texts about Self-Perception and the Friend......Page 76
2a. With Mirrors …......Page 77
2b. … Or Without: NE IX.9......Page 80
2c. The Context of the ‘Other Self’: The Puzzles of EE VII.12......Page 84
3. The First Puzzle: Living Together......Page 87
4. Perception and the Friend......Page 90
5. Failing to Be God......Page 96
6. Self-Perception in the EE: What Mirrors?......Page 98
7. Team Spirit......Page 100
8. ‘Another Self, Another Heracles’......Page 103
References......Page 104
I. Introduction......Page 108
II. Important Platonic and Aristotelian Background......Page 114
III. Dogmatic Preview......Page 118
IV. The Eudemian Text as I Divide It: [1]–[3]......Page 126
V. Interlude: The Philebus Background and Methodological Remarks on the Relation between [3] and [4]......Page 139
VI. The Eudemian Text Continued: [4] in the Light of Metaphysics XII.7 and 9......Page 144
VII. The Eudemian Text Continued: [5]’s Reintroduction of the Friend......Page 155
VIII. The Eudemian Text Continued: Reading [6] in Context......Page 160
References......Page 183
V. Friedemann Buddensiek: Does Good Fortune Matter? Eudemian Ethics VIII.2 on Eutuchia......Page 186
1.1. How Nature Works: The Impulses......Page 191
1.2. What Makes the Impulses Special?—Awareness and Assessment......Page 193
1.3. Aristotle’s Own Explanation of the Special Impulses: The Divine in Us......Page 195
2.1. Good Fortune and Reasoning......Page 198
2.2. Good Fortune and Natural Excellence......Page 204
3. Does Good Fortune Matter for Eudaimonia?......Page 208
References......Page 214
Index of Passages Cited......Page 216
General Index......Page 224