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"[This work] discusses Aristotle's biological views about character and the importance of what he calls 'natural character traits' for the development of moral virtue as presented in his ethical treatises. The aim is ... to show, first, that Aristotle's ethical theories do n...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"[This work] discusses Aristotle's biological views about character and the importance of what he calls 'natural character traits' for the development of moral virtue as presented in his ethical treatises. The aim is ... to show, first, that Aristotle's ethical theories do not exhaust his views about character as has traditionally been assumed, and, second, that his treatment of natural character in the biological treatises provides the conceptual and ideological foundation for his views about habituation as developed in his ethics. Author Mariska Leunissen takes seriously Aristotle's often- |
| Carrier Form: | xxxii, 216 pages : forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-195) and indexes. |
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9780190602215 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 019060221X (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | B491 |
| CLC: | B502.233 |
| Call Number: | B502.233/L653-1 |
| Contents: | The physiology of natural character ; Changing natural character ; The science of natural character ; Eugenics and the production of good natural character ; Perfection and the psychophysical process of habituation ; The natural character and moral deficiencies of women. |