On t’agathon that is the Good on the Basis Nicomachean Ethics I 1 1094a 1–3 as Interpreted by Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno Cover Image

O t’agathon, czyli o dobru. Na podstawie Etyki nikomachejskiej I 1 1094a 1–3 w interpretacji Sebastiana Petrycego z Pilzna
On t’agathon that is the Good on the Basis Nicomachean Ethics I 1 1094a 1–3 as Interpreted by Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno

Author(s): Maciej Smolak
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Aristotle; good; Nicomachean Ethics; Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno

Summary/Abstract: Aristotle opens the first chapter of the first book of the Nicomachean Ethics as follows: “Every art and every inquire, and similarly every action as well as undertaking, seem to aim at some good. Hence people have right defined that the good is that at which all things aim”. The article indicates and elucidates the difficulties found in the quoted statement on the basis of translation and commentary by Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 69-90
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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