O proairesis u Arystotelesa w interpretacji Sebastiana Petrycego z Pilzna
On Aristotle’s Proairesis in the Interpretation of Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno

On 400th Anniversary of publication of Nicomachean Ethics translated and commented by Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the attempt to lighten the sense of Aristotle's proairesis on the basis of selected fragments of translation and commentary by Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno. Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno covers proairesis by “choice or undertaking”. The author shows that the expression is not used accidentally and demonstrates that proairesis in the full sense of the word creates: 1] undertaking in the sense of designating the goal to be achieved; 2]a own choice in the sense of a preferential choice, that is, choice of one course of action rather than another; 2]b own choice in the sense of the decisionabout proceeding with accepted course of action; 3] undertaking in the sense of starting (and continuing) the action leading to the achieving of the designated goal. Thus, the author proves that Aristotle's proairesis according to interpretation of Sebastian Petrycy of Pilzno is constituted by “choice” and “undertaking” which are its features or elements. Furthermore, he shows that the activity of proairesis does not end before the action because it does overlap with action, at least in the sense that she starts the action.

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