Pleasure and political philosophy in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
| dc.contributor.advisor | Stauffer, Devin, 1970- | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pangle, Lorraine Smith | |
| dc.creator | Jiang, Jonathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-11T05:12:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-11T05:12:38Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2022-05 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-05-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-11-11T05:12:39Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyzes Aristotle’s treatment of pleasure in book seven of the Nicomachean Ethics. The thesis argues that Aristotle’s identification of contemplative activity with a certain kind of pleasure fulfills a key part of his project to articulate a vision of happiness that is unified and harmonious and, accordingly, that Aristotle’s reflections on pleasure help illuminate his claim that the philosopher is the architect of the end of human life. The thesis suggests further that Aristotle implicitly qualifies this vision of happiness by indicating the internal tensions of the philosophic life. | |
| dc.description.department | Government | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2152/116634 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/43529 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Aristotle | |
| dc.subject | Political theory | |
| dc.subject | Pleasure | |
| dc.subject | Happiness | |
| dc.title | Pleasure and political philosophy in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Government | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Government | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |
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