Paraphrased for the Philosopher’s Clearinghouse As happiness is an act of the thinking mind, so the mind contemplates the object called “happiness”. As happiness is the subjective last end, so will this object, inasmuch as the contemplation of it yields perfect happiness, be the objective last end of people. As perfect happiness is conceptually possible,Continue reading “Rickaby: Of the Object of Perfect Happiness”
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Rickaby: Preface on First Principles
Paraphrased for the Philosopher’s Clearinghouse A few words will give an overview of the purpose for this work. People complain about Aristotelian Logic that it is a consistent system of thought, but doesn’t match reality: it gives plausible processes built upon dogmatic assumptions, but doesn’t guarantee the correctness of dogmatic assumptions. To improve this, modernContinue reading “Rickaby: Preface on First Principles”
Moral Philosophy: Meaning, Happiness, and Despair
Paraphrased for the Philosopher’s Clearinghouse Here is an excerpt from Herodotus: Xerxes the king looked at the plain to his army, And at the shore at his mighty fleet of warriors. And he was satisfied by it. And yet, after a moment, he started to cry. The King’s uncle, Artabanus, came to ask what wasContinue reading “Moral Philosophy: Meaning, Happiness, and Despair”
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Happiness is not about having something done to a person, nor in being habitually able, but in the actual performance of moral acts, it is the crown and perfection of human nature, it is the ultimate purpose for which people were created by God
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