Aristotle's Ethics and Medieval Philosophy - Anthony J Celano

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Résumé :
Anthony Celano's study explores how medieval authors recast Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics according to their own moral ideals.

Biographie:
Anthony Celano is Professor of Philosophy at Stonehill College, Massachusetts. He is the author of over forty scholarly articles on medieval and ancient philosophy, and is a member of the Leonine Commission, which is responsible for critical Latin editions of the works of Thomas Aquinas.

Sommaire:
Preface; 1. Preliminary considerations; 2. Practical wisdom in the moral theory of Aristotle; 3. The moral theories of William of Auxerre and Philip the Chancellor; 4. The earliest Medieval Latin commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics; 5. The early moral works of Albert the Great; 6. Happiness, prudence and moral reasoning in the later works of Albert the Great; 7. Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure on the understanding of moral goodness; 8. Two commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics in the late thirteenth century; 9. Conclusion.