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being more than one kind of correctness, plainly excellence in deliberation is
not any and every kind; for (1) the incontinent man and the bad man, if he is
clever, will reach as a result of his calculation what he sets before himself, so
that he will have deliberated correctly, but he will have got for himself a great
evil. Now to have deliberated well is thought to be a good thing; for it is this
kind of correctness of deliberation that is excellence in deliberation, viz. that
which tends to attain what is good. But (2) it is possible to attain even good
by a false syllogism, and to attain what one ought to do but not by the right
means, the middle term being false; so that this too is not yet excellence in
deliberation this state in virtue of which one attains what one ought but not by
the right means. Again (3) it is possible to attain it by long deliberation while
another man attains it quickly. Therefore in the former case we have not yet
got excellence in deliberation, which is rightness with regard to the expedient-
rightness in respect both of the end, the manner, and the time. (4) Further it is
possible to have deliberated well either in the unqualified sense or with
reference to a particular end. Excellence in deliberation in the unqualified
sense, then, is that which succeeds with reference to what is the end in the
unqualified sense, and excellence in deliberation in a particular sense is that
which succeeds relatively to a particular end. If, then, it is characteristic of
men of practical wisdom to have deliberated well, excellence in deliberation
will be correctness with regard to what conduces to the end of which practical
wisdom is the true apprehension.
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Understanding, also, and goodness of understanding, in virtue of which
men are said to be men of understanding or of good understanding, are neither
entirely the same as opinion or scientific knowledge (for at that rate all men
would have been men of understanding), nor are they one of the particular
sciences, such as medicine, the science of things connected with health, or
geometry, the science of spatial magnitudes. For understanding is neither
about things that are always and are unchangeable, nor about any and every
one of the things that come into being, but about things which may become
subjects of questioning and deliberation. Hence it is about the same objects as
practical wisdom; but understanding and practical wisdom are not the same.
For practical wisdom issues commands, since its end is what ought to be done
or not to be done; but understanding only judges. (Understanding is identical
with goodness of understanding, men of understanding with men of good
understanding.) Now understanding is neither the having nor the acquiring of
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156