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Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness
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Full Idea:
Critolaus reformulated Aristotelian theory by defining happiness as a 'fulfilment' (sumplêrôma) of psychic, physical, and external goods, where virtue vastly outweighs the rest.
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From:
report of Critolaus (fragments/reports [c.170 BCE]) by Stephen A. White - Critolaus
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A reaction:
The sounds more like an attempt at clarification than a real change of Peripatetic doctrine. Occasionally 'fulfilment' is offered as a translation for eudaimonia. Maybe we should just take up Critolaus' suggestion when we are discussing Aristotle.
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