ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.E.)

Aristotle evidently had a deeper insight into the connection between knowing and willing than has become common in a superficial philosophy which teaches that the opposite of knowledge, the heart and enthusiasm, are the true principles of ethical action.

G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right, footnote to 140 (1821)

 

Readings:

The Nicomachean Ethics (excerpts)

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