Why should we reread Aristotle today, who was worshipped by Marks?

Since the middle of the 20th century VIII, the Western world has been able to discuss ethical issues publicly without referring to Christianity. The modern thought of morality, initiated by the assumption that the gods do not exist, or at least do not interfere, is in its beginning.

But the ancient Greeks and the Romans built powerful philosophical schools of ethical thought for more than a millennium, by the first divinely proclaimed agnostics, such as Protagora (Cze. V.E. The last pagan thinkers. Plato's Academy in Athens did not end until 529 E. S, by Byzantine Emperor Justinian.

This long tradition of moral philosophy is a precious legacy of ancient Mediterranean civilization. It has prompted some contemporary secular thinkers, faced with the moral vacuum created after the fall of Christianity since the late 1960 ' s, to revive ancient schools of thought.
Less well - known is Aristotle's recipe for happiness. In his Lyceun in Athens, he developed a model for maximized happiness, which could be implemented by entire individuals and societies, and is still important today.

It became known as the “peripathetic phyphosis”, after Aristotle developed philosophical debates while walking in the company of his co- talker. The fundamental principle of peripathetic philosophy is this: the purpose of life, is to maximize happiness by living with virtue, fulfilling your human potential, and engaging with others family, friends and fellow citizens in activities with mutual benefits.

Humans are animals, and therefore the satisfaction of caring for their physical needs (sexuality) is a guide to living well. But since humans are advanced animals, of course they tend to live together in established communities (polices), we are <x0 political animals” (so policy).

People have to take responsibility for their happiness because God is a remote entity that can control the movement of the universe, but there is no interest in the welfare of people, nor any professional function in reward for virtue or punishment of immorality.

However, the imagination of a better and happier life is possible, as people have inborn abilities that allow them to promote individual and collective prosperity. These include trends to ask questions about the world, to think about action, and to activate conscious memories.
What, though, did Aristotle mean by <x0... He did not believe that it could be achieved by the accumulation of good things in life, including material goods, status or being a public person, but it was an internal and private state of mind. However, neither did he believe that it was an ongoing situation.

For Aristotle, eudaimonia required the fulfillment of human potential, which could not be achieved by satisfying physical needs. Nor did he believe that happiness is determined by the total proportion of our time spent experiencing satisfaction, as did the student of Socrat Aristip of Cyrene.
Aristotle insisted that happiness is made up of something greater and different from a gathering of delightful experiences. To be happy, we must support constructive activities, which we believe are objectively oriented. And this requires a conscious analysis of our goals and behaviors, and the practice of “virtue”, and of “experienced well”.
Historically, many philosophers, such as the Selfists, have asked whether virtue is essentially desirable. But since the mid - 20th century, others rehabilitated the ethics of virtue and focused intensively on Aristotle's ideas.

The renowned Greek philosopher says that if happiness is not sent by God, then it “comes as a result of a kindness, along with a learning process and” effort. Every human can practice a way of life that will make him happier.

According to him, happiness is far more difficult to achieve than satisfaction. But it's not impossible. You don't need material wealth, physical strength, or a very attractive sight, to start exercising your mind according to Aristotle's principles, because the way of life he protects is moral and psychological perfection, more than one that lies in material wealth or bodily perfection.

He admits that there are even more difficult obstacles - having children or friends who completely disappoint you. Another is the most difficult problem facing any of us - the loss of children and friends through death.

Yet, it is still possible to live well after such calamities. In that sense Aristotle is a moral optimist. He's credited with not long before Sigmund Froyd, that our biological instincts are more natural than bringing them morally.

That makes his ethics compatible with modern psychoanalysis. A Aristotlen innovative idea is that the emotions that are supposed to punish, even anger and revenge, are necessary to a healthy psychic.

Aristotle's philosophy contrasts with the Stoic view that anger is irrational and a form of temporary madness that needs to be eliminated. Only that such emotions should be present in the right amount, <x0 minimum” or “understandable”.

Anger is also essential to a personality that walks in life. An indifferent individual who never gets angry, does not raise his voice to himself or his dependents when needed, and cannot achieve happiness. However, excessive anger or man's anger is wrong and is viewed by him as a vice.
In the meantime, Aristotle is a Ustic. He imagines the possibility that all humans will one day be able to understand their potential, and take full advantage of it. He predicted an introduced world in which technological advances would make man's work unnecessary.
Aristotle's political theory was also flexible.

You can be a capitalist or a socialist, a businessman or a humanitarian worker, vote for almost every political party, and be a stable Aristotle again. Aristotle knew that people conflict among themselves, when material goods are few:” Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime”.

Thanks to his insistence on basing the political theory on mankind's fundamental needs, Aristotle created the most advanced economic ideas that ever emerged in his day, which was why he admired Karl Marx.

An unbeliever in climate change could find no encouragement in Aristotle. He would then raise the alarm for the damage man was causing to the environment. Because of its unique mental ability, Aristotle says that a bad man can do 10,000 times more harm than an animal.

/Aeon. ; world.al