[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/16/2008 4:40:28 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
jehms at xs4all.nl writes:
 
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> Aristotle carried as far as saying that one could be happy  or unhappy  
while 
> dead. Happiness depended on a virtuous life.  One had to wait until life  
was 
> over to determine if one lived a  virtuous life. This weighing of virtue  
could 
> change after death  because of the effect some of one's actions  while 
alive 
> might  change.
>
>   
This is an interesting reading of  Aristotle, which I'm not familiar 
with. Can you mention a  source?
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On Happiness by Aristotle, Book 1. Here are some quotes. "We  are unwilling 
to call the living happy because changes may befall them and  because we 
believe that happiness haws permanence and is not amenable to  change under any 
circumstances." "For it seems that to some extent good and  evil really exist for 
a dead man, just as they may exist for a man who lives  without being 
conscious of them, for example honors and disgraces, and  generally the successes and 
failures of his children and descendents."   Another quote, "Happiness, as we 
have said, requires completeness in virtue as  well as a complete lifetime." 
 
Jack


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