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Replace Akrasia with "you need a therapist". In all seriousness, if you're looking to Aristotle to fix your psychological problems, you're looking in the wrong
by mattmanser 7y ago
Replace Akrasia with "you need a therapist".
In all seriousness, if you're looking to Aristotle to fix your psychological problems, you're looking in the wrong millennium.
- loa_in_ 7y agoI'm going to counter this with another anecdotal argument: Today more people than ever are philosophers. How many people have influenced your thought while exploring the internet in past year (or 10 years)? They are not labeled as such, but I do strongly suspect that Aristotle was considered an exceptional, and eccentric maths and ethos teacher at his time, not "great thinker Aristotle".
- serf 7y agoseeking insight from older philosophy is about starting a journey towards achieving contemporary philosophical insights. One isn't supposed to conclude that these problems were or are ever solved.
- oehtXRwMkIs 7y agoYou do realize most of therapy is based on ideas from that millennium? Stoicism and Buddhism for example, among many others.
- malux85 7y agoArchetypical ideas are ancient and enduring because they're fundamental