Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2021
I have argued that according to Aristotle it is not possible to have the correct thought without the correct feelings and conversely. As he says, virtue of character and thoughtfulness are yoked together. One achieves the correct interdependence of thought and feeling by developing both at the same time, not one after the other. Metaphorically speaking, the culmination is a musical soul disposed to allow one to act in a thoughtfully ethical way. The motivation of such a soul is prohairetic. Contrary to Elizabeth Anscombe’s contention, “prohairetic” should be in our vocabulary after all.
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