Neoptolemus’ Moral Conflict: an Aristotelian reading of the tragedy Philoctetes (NE VII 1146a16-21e 1151b17-22)

Authors

  • Angelo Antonio Pires de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

Keywords:

Aristotle, Sophocles, Virtue of Character, Phronesis

Abstract

Opposing the interpretations that overvalue the role played by reason in the choices of moral ends, I intend to rescue the positive role that virtue of character, a non-rational virtue, may play in such choices. I will do it taking into account Aristotle’s analysis of Neoptolemus’ moral crisis in the tragedy Philoctetes.

Author Biography

Angelo Antonio Pires de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

- Licenciado em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp);

- Bacharel em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp);

- Mestrando em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp);

- Estágio de Pesquisa de Mestrado no Exterior financiado pela FAPESP na Universidade Ludwig Maximilian (LMU), Alemanha, sob orientação de Christof Rapp.

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2017-04-06

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No. 38 (2017)

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