JOURNAL ARTICLE

Aristotle on the Concept of Shared Life by Sara Brill (review).

  • Published In: Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2023, v. 61, n. 1. P. 149 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Filotas, Zoli 3 of 3

Abstract

So although Aristotle only classifies a few animal species as "political", Brill reminds us that there is a clear sense in which all are social. For Brill, the apex of human sociality in Aristotle is not politics but the so-called "perfect" friendship that Aristotle describes in I Nicomachean Ethics i VIII-IX and I Eudemian Ethics i VII. Aristotle famously claims that we humans are the "most political" of all animals, but Brill shows that this claim is both incomplete and misleading. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the History of Philosophy. 2023/01, Vol. 61, Issue 1, p149
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0022-5053
  • DOI:10.1353/hph.2023.0014
  • Accession Number:161722979
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