Single Idea 23909

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function]

Full Idea

There is intrinsic use of a possession, such as of a shoe or a cloak, and its coincidental use - not of course when using a shoe as a weight, but as, for example, selling it or hiring it out (for then a shoe is used as a shoe).

Gist of Idea

Wearing a shoe is its intrinsic use, and selling it (as a shoe) is its coincidental use

Source

Aristotle (Eudemian Ethics [c.333 BCE], 1231b37)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2021], p.44


A Reaction

This seems to need a third label, for using the shoe as a weight. 'Inessential use' perhaps, since the intrinsic use points towards the essential nature or function of the shoe.