Episode 147: Aristotle on Wisdom and Incontinence (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 147: Aristotle on Wisdom and Incontinence (Part Two)
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• Duration: 01:16:17
• Published: 2016-09-26 14:00

Continuing on the Nichomachean Ethics, bks 6–7. More on intellectual virtues (like nous or rational intuition), plus we finally get to weakness of the will (akrasia), which is much better than simply being a jerk with wrong moral beliefs.