For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was the most important quality a person could have, and being virtuous was the absolute goal ...

This article explores the problem of moral and criminal responsibility through an examination of Aristotle's account in Book VII of the "Nicomachean Ethics" of the relation between practical reason ...

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School of Athens by Raphael (Aristotle on right holding his work, "Ethics") I have always been wary of the approach that sees Judaism as the early and far-sighted source of everything good in the West ...

This post is part of a “Wisdom in Mainstream (Academic, Empirical, and Applied) Psychology Series.” We take a look at the dominant models and perspectives in the field studying wisdom and see what ...

To adopt O'Toole's own categories, this is a self-help book not for the many but for the rest of us—those willing to expend intellectual and emotional discipline in planning a life to fulfill one's ...

Many years ago, as an undergraduate at Fordham University, I took two courses taught by the same Jesuit professor: one on Plato and one on Aristotle. While both classes were excellent, I strongly ...

Thinking may be coming back into fashion. Never mind the fact that we have a President known for his intellectually rigorous abilities and habits. But three times in the past couple of weeks, I've ...