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Single Idea 23250
[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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Full Idea
And of responsible actions, some are done through habit, some through desire, and of these some through rational and some through irrational desire.
Gist of Idea
Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire
Source
Aristotle (The Art of Rhetoric [c.350 BCE], 1369a01)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'The Art of Rhetoric', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,H.C. [Penguin 1991], p.112
A Reaction
Identified by Michael Frede, to illustrate reason having its own distinctive type of desire ('Boulesis'). I suspect that the rational desires are the morally good desires.
Related Idea
Idea 23249
The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M]
The
17 ideas
from 'The Art of Rhetoric'
5847
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It is the role of dialectic to survey syllogisms
[Aristotle]
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5848
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All good things can be misused, except virtue
[Aristotle]
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5849
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Rhetoric is a political offshoot of dialectic and ethics
[Aristotle]
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5850
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Happiness is composed of a catalogue of internal and external benefits
[Aristotle]
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5851
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Pentathletes look the most beautiful, because they combine speed and strength
[Aristotle]
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5852
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The four constitutions are democracy (freedom), oligarchy (wealth), aristocracy (custom), tyranny (security)
[Aristotle]
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5853
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The best virtues are the most useful to others
[Aristotle]
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1660
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It is noble to avenge oneself on one's enemies, and not come to terms with them
[Aristotle]
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23250
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Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire
[Aristotle]
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5854
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Nobody fears a disease which nobody has yet caught
[Aristotle]
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5855
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We all feel universal right and wrong, independent of any community or contracts
[Aristotle]
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5856
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Self-interest is a relative good, but nobility an absolute good
[Aristotle]
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5857
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The young feel pity from philanthropy, but the old from self-concern
[Aristotle]
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5858
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Men are physically prime at thirty-five, and mentally prime at forty-nine
[Aristotle]
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5859
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Rich people are mindlessly happy
[Aristotle]
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5861
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People assume events cause what follows them
[Aristotle]
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5862
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A single counterexample is enough to prove that a truth is not necessary
[Aristotle]
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