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243 p. Original hardcover with dust jacket.

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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - In very good condition. - Content: In Aristotle?s view, man is by nature a moral being. Humans are endowed with a spontaneous sense of ethical values and are naturally inclined to meet each other and live together in smaller or larger communities. They establish political societies governed by laws which are the expression of common moral intuitions. Nevertheless the Greek Master is also persuaded that ethical education is indispensable. In seeming contradiction, Aristotle declared that it is useless for young people to attend lectures on moral philosophv because assimilation of moral knowledge will not change their conduct. Professor Verbeke explores this premise, indicates why it is correct, expands his arguments to explain what is at issue in Aristotle?s thought, and specifies those for whom it is appropriate to hear lectures on ethical subjects. ?Since the matter is not merely theoretical and speculative,? the author explains, ?it is indispensable to have some experience of moral conduct and some control over irrational tendencies if one wants to benefit from such teaching.? He contends further that this viewpoint is closely connected with Aristotle?s interpretation of ethical wisdom and his criticism of Socrates? intellectualism. Verbeke presents a broad view of Aristotelian moral education which integrates the arguments of many different treatises; he founds Aristotle?s view of man and his education on physics and metaphysics. The work does not argue for one specific thesis, although the conclusion focuses on eight central themes. Rather, it provides a synthesis of Aristotelian anthropology, especially with regard to ethical development. It is an essay on moral education in Aristotle which not onlv delineates the Aristotelian proposal but contrasts it with Platonic, Stoic, and modern views. ISBN 9780813207179