dc.contributor.advisor |
MacKinnon, John E. |
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dc.creator |
Tisseverasinghe, Therese |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-05-09T12:31:31Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-05-09T12:31:31Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.identifier.other |
B491 H36 T57 2008 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22135 |
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dc.description |
75 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-75). |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this thesis, I propose a solution to the apparent incompatibility between Aristotle's account of virtuous friendship and his idea of the contemplative life in the Nicomachean Ethics. In the first chapter, I outline the contrast between communal and contemplative life. In the second chapter, I present each of the four attempts Aristotle makes at resolving this issue and show how he fails at each. Finally, in the third chapter, I discuss why both the communal and the contemplative lives are necessary for human happiness and how it is possible to integrate the two. I conclude this paper with a discussion of Buddhist and Christian monastic life as providing a particularly illuminating model for understanding Aristotle's notion of happiness, as they comprise both contemplation and virtuous friendship. |
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dc.description.provenance |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
B491 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Aristotle |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Happiness |
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dc.title |
Aristotle on happiness : the communal versus the contemplative life |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in Philosophy |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Philosophy |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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