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Aristotle on Necessities and Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2006

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Extract

Aristotle’s account of human needs is valuable because it describes the connections between logical, metaphysical, physical, human and ethical necessities. But Aristotle does not fully draw out the implications of the account of necessity for needs and virtue. The proper Aristotelian conclusion is that, far from being an inferior activity fit only for slaves, meeting needs is the first part of Aristotelian virtue.

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Research Article
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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 57: The Philosophy of Need , December 2005 , pp. 113 - 136
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 2005

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