Sublime

You know, we all have a much broader set of purposes in our life and this ties more closely to the Aristotelian philosophy of eudaimonia, of human flourishing, of the idea of the good life as having multiple dimensions to it, including social connections, purpose, being able to contribute to society, dignity, respect, not the narrow Benthamite, uti

To be a human being is to have interpersonal loyalties and commitments. It is unreasonable to demand that these be shunted aside in the name of impartialistic moral reasoning.

As Setiya recalls in his book Midlife, he was heading towards the age of forty when he first began to feel a creeping sense of emptiness, which he would later come to understand as the result of living a project-driven life, crammed not with atelic activities but telic ones, the primary purpose of which was to have them done, and to have achieved c

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end? If my problem is an excessive investment in telic activities, the solution is to love their atelic counterparts, to find meaning in the process, not the project. If your problem is mine, this solution will work for you.

purpose of education.

practical significance

Rationality, as Plato depicts it, is not only a means of smoothing out the demands of body or kin, but represents a full-fledged alternative, a third and independent source of answers to the question of how we should live.

Principle of Relevant Evidence.