Happiness, human end (télos) and perfections in Averroes’ Commentary on Plato’s Republic
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Averroes, human end, happiness, human perfectionsAbstract
In Book II of the Commentary on Plato’s Republic, Averroes discusses the end (télos) of man based on Aristotle’s doctrine. As man is political by nature, his end (télos) is prior to him insofar as he is part of the city. This end (télos) belongs to the city, and is single for all its inhabitants. Based on Aristotle’s ethics, Averroes identifies this end with happiness. Attaining the true end, which is happiness, consists in attaining perfection by means of activities in social contact with others. Discussion concerning the end leads Averroes to discuss the ruler’s education, because this education depends on the purpose of his government since, as Averroes says, “if the end is unknown, one does not know the path that leads to it”.
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