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- Title
Ethos and Habituation in Aristotle.
- Authors
YU Jiyuan
- Abstract
This paper is concerned with Aristotle's theory of habituation, focusing on the following three issues: (1) the relation between habit and reason, (2) human nature and habituation, and (3) the roles of family and politics in habituation. Aristotle's theory of habituation has been a topic of interest recently. Yet so far, most debates about this topic are about the first issue. This paper will bring in the second and the third issues, in order to provide a complete picture of the theory. To be more specific, the paper seeks to better understand the following three claims of Aristotle, corresponding to the three issues mentioned above: (1) "We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts" (NE 1103a34-bl). (2) "We are adapted by nature to receive virtues, and are made perfect by habit" (teleuioumenois de diet ton ethous) (1103a25-26). (3) "One's own good cannot exist without household management, nor without a form of government" (1142a9-11).
- Publication
Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
1673-3436
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3868/s030-001-012-0034-0