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Ideas of Julia Annas, by Text
[British, b.1946, Educated at and taught at Oxford University. PhD at Harvard. Professor at University of Arizona.]
1993
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The Morality of Happiness
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Intro
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p.4
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3541
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Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives
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1
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p.38
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3543
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Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness
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1
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p.38
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3542
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We should do good when necessary, not maximise it
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2.3
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p.73
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3546
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'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence
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2.4
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p.86
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3547
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Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development
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2.4
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p.104
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3550
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Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions
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2.5
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p.113
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3551
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Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character
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2.6
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p.115
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3552
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If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic
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2000
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Ancient Philosophy: very short introduction
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Intro
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p.-2
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12036
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Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge
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Ch.1
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p.12
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12037
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Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions
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Ch.3
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p.51
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12040
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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value
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Ch.6
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p.101
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12046
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Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas
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