...this is silly. You implied that Aristotle discussing the good life was akin to Dennett discussing the weather, and that such a discourse is not considered "

...this is silly. You implied that Aristotle discussing the good life was akin to Dennett discussing the weather, and that such a discourse is not considered "real philosophy" anymore. I'm saying that absurd, and simply shows you don't know enough about philosophy. Here's a quick search of philosophy journals and books that reference "Aristotle" and the "good life." Are you suggesting that these aren't modern philosophy? [1] And how about the rest of them? Do articles on the Stoics not count as philosophy either? (I realize that after a couple undergraduate courses in philosophy everyone covers Dennett, and maybe Wittgenstein and Hume and a few others, and comes away thinking that any discussion of "practical" philosophy isn't "true" philosophy, but that isn't the case at all. I don't know whether this applies to you or not.) 1. https://link.springer.com/search?query=aristotle+good+life&facet-discipline=%22Philosophy%22 https://link.springer.com/search?query=aristotle+good+life&f... . Feel free to filter further by journal articles if you think books don't count as modern philosophy.