Re: [ox-en] Eudaimonia WAS Fwd: self-unfolding - Selbstenftaltung - self valorisation
- From: Adam Moran <adam diamat.org.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:37:00 +0000
Hi Martin,
Martin Hardie wrote:
self-unfolding - Selbstenftaltung
I found reading Aristotle's Nicomachaean Ethics useful when I was trying
to get to grips with the term Selbstenftaltung. (cf Primacy of State,
Primacy of Contract threads)
there is another greek word i know that describes a state which resonates this thought - it is 'eudaimonia' ('happiness' or 'human florishing') ... the telos of human action as described in aristotle's Nicomachaean Ethics
... also I think Plato's Republic V is worth a read in contrast to his
*Laws*
cf *Philospher Queens and Private Wives: Plato on Women and the Family*
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