[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Jackhat1 at aol.com schreef:
> In a message dated 11/16/2008 10:57:26 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
> jehms at xs4all.nl writes:
>  
> Sorry Jack for being so persistent, but I fail to find references to a  
> book written by Aristotle called 'On happiness'. It would be in Greek  
> called 'Peri Eudemonia' I suppose? Where did you find it? All articles  
> and references to Aristotle's view on happiness I found tell me that he  
> saw it as excellent funcioning of the soul and that he's very uncertain  
> about the whereabouts of the soul after death.
> ==
> Sorry, I was sloppy. Too early on a Sunday morning. "On Happiness"  and these 
> quotes are found in "The Nichomachean Ethics." Book  1. 
>
>
> jack  
>
>   
You're even more sloppy than you thought. :-)  Aristotle has the habit 
of first quoting opinions of former writers and if you read more of the 
book you'll find that in the passages you refer to he quotes Solon and 
later rejects this view, because happines is not a conclusiuon but 
something you do.

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Erik

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