[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/2008 2:18:46 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jehms at xs4all.nl writes:
 
You're even more sloppy than you thought. :-)  Aristotle has the  habit 
of first quoting opinions of former writers and if you read more of  the 
book you'll find that in the passages you refer to he quotes Solon and  
later rejects this view, because happines is not a conclusiuon but  
something you do.
==
I suggest we both reread those passages. I believe I am right. He does  quote 
Solon but the sentences I quoted in an earlier post (see below) stand  alone 
from his reaction to Solon.
 
Jack
 
>>On Happiness by Aristotle, Book 1. Here are some  quotes. "We are unwilling 
to call the living happy because changes may  befall them and because we 
believe that happiness haws permanence and is not  amenable to change under any 
circumstances." "For it seems that to some extent  good and evil really exist 
for a dead man, just as they may exist for a man  who lives without being 
conscious of them, for example honors and disgraces,  and generally the successes 
and failures of his children and  descendents."  Another quote, "Happiness, as 
we have said, requires  completeness in virtue as well as a complete lifetime." 
 <<


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