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Tag Archives: Friendship
Philia
I do feel – and feel is the right word – that Herbert McCabe’s ‘On Aquinas’ deserves a wider audience. So many important themes, from so many thinkers, rendered limpid in a thesis all of his own. Of course there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Language, Life, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Care, Friendship, Herbert McCabe, Justice, On Aquinas, Philia, Society
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The Art of Friendship
I listened to a Philosophy Bites podcast this week on the topic of ‘friendship’. It made me think afresh about the balance of ‘duties to all’ versus special treatment for a ‘selected few’ – i.e. our friends. Alexander Nehamas’ argument … Continue reading
Veni, Vidi, Amici
As I get on in life, I get to spend time with some interesting, clever people. But they can come with sizeable egos. And that can translate into ‘High Status Behaviours’. That’s not necessarily a problem. ‘Happy High Status’ is … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Philosophy, Truisms, Work
Tagged Aristotle, Dominance, Ego, Friendship, Happy High Status, High Status Behaviours, Instrumentalism, Loneliness, Means and Ends, Narcissism
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Equals and Similars
Aristotle has some interesting things to say about society and man as a social animal. In summary, man is by nature social. Intelligence and virtue are our best qualities. And, justice is the minimum common bond which keeps us from … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Politics, Work
Tagged Aristotle, Citizens, Equals and Similars, Fellow-Feeling, Friendship, Justice, Politics
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Olympic Ideals
It’s easy to knock sport. Huff and puff, crass commercialism even corruption. But sport can also be pure human expression, ballet, drama and gladiatorial combat – sometimes all rolled into one. The Greeks knew this. This morning I had a … Continue reading
Posted in Achilles, Ethics, Life
Tagged Excellence, Fair Play, Friendship, Olympian, Olympics, Respect, Sport
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The Harp Player
In pursuit of the good life, Aristotle has sent me in a couple of very important directions recently. First the harp. He says that the work of the harp player is to play the harp, and of the good harp … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Life
Tagged Aristotle, Contemplation, Contentment, Eudaimonia, Fatherhood, Friendship, Fulfillment, Happiness, Jefferson, Pleasure, The Harp, Thinking, Virtue, Work
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