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ARISTOTLE
ETHICS: not science and has nothing to do with the absolute
Mans proper function/ goal of human being: to attain highest fulfillment.
Man has a:
a. REASON
1. SOUL
b. IRRATIONAL
2.
BODY
Speculative
Practical - My choices and decisions are rational which promote and guide
me to my highest fulfillment.
IMMANENT ACTIVITY
REASON
Guide us in
determining
our moral
goals.
ACTIVITY
PURPOSE
activity has
Originate
from man
a purpose
or goal
FULFILLIN
G MYSELF
becoming
rational (not
external)
GOOD
POTENCY TO ACTUALITY
ENDS
1st end: to be rational (not as means but as an end)
2nd end: divine contemplation (HIGHEST PEAK OF FULFILLMENT)
DIVINE: nothing to do with church or religion
-speculative reason allows him to contemplate and reach the sublime (fully
perfect and
becomes a PURE ACT)
EXAMPLE: Rambutan seed to Rambutan tree
When the seed becomes a tree and blossoms it becomes fully perfect since there is
no more potentiality (SUBLIME)
THIS IS RARE TO HUMANS the potential becomes actual fully perfect like God