Aristotelian psychology and virtue (Part 1)
This is the first of a series of posts which set out a classical psychology. There are two major classical psychologies in the tradition that flows from Greece, through Rome, and into Western Europe (finding their culmination is the intellectual golden era of the high middle ages--that's right, we were misled about that brilliant period). One is the Platonic tradition--the perspective of Plato--and I will write in depth about that tradition another time. This present series of essays focuses instead on Aristotle and the thinkers in his tradition. Most people, including professional philosophers, are ignorant of the riches this tradition. We have lost sight of the intellectual equivalent of an ancient city which sustained many people for thousands of years. Here is a philosophy which unveils the dynamics and the depths of our nature, with all its power and dignity, and which gives clear, detailed guidance to each person for creating a good, strong, and profoundly meaningful life. Cl...