Single Idea 2095

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function]

Full Idea

Anything which has been endowed with a function also has a state of being good.

Clarification

'Function' is the Greek word 'ergon'

Gist of Idea

If something has a function then it has a state of being good

Source

Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE], 353b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.41


A Reaction

'ought' from 'is'?

Related Idea

Idea 5157 If a thing has excellence, this makes the thing good, and means it functions well [Aristotle]