Moral virtue and contemplation : a note on the unity of the moral life

The notion of contemplation as the goal of life is, it seems, as old as philosophy itself. Already Anaxagoras, when asked why he was in the world, replied, «To contemplate » (eis theorian)'. So too, both Plato and Aristotle placed man's highest fulfillment in contemplative activity, that a...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gallagher, David M. (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Spanisch
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Veröffentlicht: 1996
In: Sapientia
Jahr: 1996, Band: 51, Heft: 200, Seiten: 385-392
weitere Schlagwörter:B Voluntad
B Contemplacion
B Virtudes Morales
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