Aristotle on the apparent good perception, phantasia, thought, and desire

Aristotle holds that we desire things because they appear good to us - a view still dominant in philosophy now. But what is it for something to appear good? This text argues that the notion of the apparent good is crucial to understanding both Aristotle's psychological theory and his ethics

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Main Author: Moss, Jessica Dawn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
Series:Oxford Aristotle studies / Oxford Aristotle studies
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