RE: Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?
February 23, 2022 at 2:59 am
(February 23, 2022 at 2:42 am)Belacqua Wrote:(February 23, 2022 at 2:03 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: How accurately do you think Aristotle rated people? How close was he to the bullseye?
Interesting question. I'm not sure. Naturally his standards were different from ours.
You know, the Greeks were all about that agon. Comparisons and rankings were second nature. He does say at the beginning of the Ethics that we mustn't expect more exactitude than a given subject will allow, so I suspect that gold silver and bronze weren't as clearly awardable in "moral character" as they were in sports.
He did assume that in general some people are better than others, that some people are natural slaves, and that we should accept our place in the order. High-level people have duties to low-level people, but the general hierarchy is a fact of nature.
Rejection of the general hierarchy is a fact of nature too. Resistance to being ruled is a fact of nature too.
