Ben’s Reviews > The Nicomachean Ethics > Status Update
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Such a systematic categorizer. I love it. Showing how "the good" manifests differently in different pursuits, distinguishing between ends that are done "for themselves" (terminal goals) vs those that are done "in service of others" (instrumental goals). The Greeks covered so much ground so long ago! I get why colleges want ppl to read these texts. So that we understand how little new there is under the sun
— May 12, 2020 09:11AM
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Ben
is on page 134 of 329
Sometimes you can know what the right thing to do is and yet, lacking the self restraint, you do something else... I thought about this topic SO MUCH that I recorded a podcast about it https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BW3...
— Jul 14, 2020 07:18PM
Ben
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"Suffering injustice is not as bad as committing injustice"...duh dude
— Jul 02, 2020 04:56PM
Ben
is on page 88 of 329
Lots of tautologies. But some good practical stuff too
— Jun 23, 2020 07:05PM
Ben
is on page 66 of 329
Many vices involve succumbing to pleasure so better to err on the side of caution and be wary of pleasure ... seems to contrast with the modern call to “let people enjoy things”
— Jun 05, 2020 07:16AM
