Episode 147: Aristotle on Wisdom and Incontinence

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 147: Aristotle on Wisdom and Incontinence
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:59:27
• Published: 2016-09-19 14:00

On the Nichomachean Ethics (ca. 350 BCE), books 6–7. Is intelligence just one thing? Aristotle picks out a number of distinct faculties, some of which are relevant to ethics, and he uses these to explain Plato's puzzle of how someone can clearly see what the good for him is, and yet fail to pursue it due to weakness of the will. This episode continues our discussion from way back in ep. 5.

End song: "I Die Desire" from The MayTricks (1992).