Intellectualism in the Eudemian Ethics
Daniel Ferguson
Milo Crimi
Josefine Klingspor
Bridger Ehli
R. Chaplin
Andrew Cooper
Simon Gansinger
Taylor Pincin
Isabelle Chouinard
Olga L. Lizzini
Julie R. Klein
Jack Stetter
D. Lewis
Frank Nussbaum
Danielle Charette James
Michael Kryluk
Dylan Shaul
M. Migotti
Matthew C. Altman
S. Shell
Oct 2026 · Journal of the history of philosophy · Vol 64, pp. 519 - 542 - 543 - 568 - 569 - 594 - 595 - 612 - 613 - 636 - 637 - 661 - 663 - 664 - 664 - 666 - 666 · 0 citations
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Abstract
abstract:Aristotle is an Intellectualist in the Eudemian Ethics: he maintains that eudaimonia is an intellectual activity, "the contemplation of God," provided that it is an exercise of fineness and goodness in a sufficiently long life. This interpretation is supported by tracking how Aristotle employs his conception of eudaimonia as the telos of the practicable goods throughout the EE. It avoids the worry of immoralism often associated with Intellectualist views and renders coherent Aristotle's focus on ethical virtue in the EE.