Identity and individuality in Aristotle
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Individuality, praxis, Aristotle.Abstract
Starting from the contemporary notion of practical identity (C. Korsgaard, S. G. Cro well), a reconstruction of Aristotle’s conception concerning the identity and indivi duality of the subject of praxis is given. First, praxis is shown to be essentially self-referential. Then the role played by the capacity of a rational agent to understand his/her own life as a whole and by means of his/her openness to the future is discussed. Finally, attention is drawn to the constitutive function of habituation and ethos.
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