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A.W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), xii + 356 pp., $85.00. ISBN 9780199609611.

A.W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press,... A.W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), xii + 356 pp., $85.00. ISBN 9780199609611. In Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle, Price offers a four-part treatment of four interrelated themes: eudaimonia, virtue, practical reasoning and akrasia. Each part corresponds to one of these four themes, and within each part, one chapter each is devoted to Plato and to Aristotle on the theme at hand. While the value of toggling in this manner between Plato and Aristotle emerges as the book progresses, the value of treating these four themes under the same cover is relatively easy to see from the beginning. For Plato and Aristotle, eudaimonia is the foundational concept for ethics, perhaps even for philosophy quite generally. It is what all people desire. Its nature needs to be determined so that we can maximize our chances of achieving it. The importance of eudaimonia necessitates attention to virtue, for to be virtuous is to be properly oriented towards and motivated by what will make us eudaimÜn. But even if we are so oriented and motivated, that is, oriented towards what really is good for us, there remains the question http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought Brill

A.W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), xii + 356 pp., $85.00. ISBN 9780199609611.

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Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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A.W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), xii + 356 pp., $85.00. ISBN 9780199609611. In Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle, Price offers a four-part treatment of four interrelated themes: eudaimonia, virtue, practical reasoning and akrasia. Each part corresponds to one of these four themes, and within each part, one chapter each is devoted to Plato and to Aristotle on the theme at hand. While the value of toggling in this manner between Plato and Aristotle emerges as the book progresses, the value of treating these four themes under the same cover is relatively easy to see from the beginning. For Plato and Aristotle, eudaimonia is the foundational concept for ethics, perhaps even for philosophy quite generally. It is what all people desire. Its nature needs to be determined so that we can maximize our chances of achieving it. The importance of eudaimonia necessitates attention to virtue, for to be virtuous is to be properly oriented towards and motivated by what will make us eudaimÜn. But even if we are so oriented and motivated, that is, oriented towards what really is good for us, there remains the question

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