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Aristotle seems to have been insidiously wrong on just about every topic. Why should his views on happiness be any different?
by clhodapp 3y ago
Aristotle seems to have been insidiously wrong on just about every topic. Why should his views on happiness be any different?
- keiferski 3y agoWhy do you think Aristotle was wrong about drama/poetics?
- wisefoolkp 3y agoYou may be wrong a thousand times but right once... Benefit of doubt I guess
- joelmichael 3y agoHe was the first to develop formal logic which is a foundation of computer science.
- vlz 3y agoAristotle wrote very widely. From the first description of octopus mating behavior to the first stab at formal logic ever, there are probably a lot of topics where he was wrong, but also a lot of other ones where he was right, where debate is still open or where his position was refined. That his scripture was treated as canon by the christian church and not subjected to further scientific inquiry is one of the foundational stories of the modern science. That story is certainly not wrong though it lacks nuance. It is also where Aristotle’s bad rep is mostly from. Aristotle‘s position on many topics is simply the first one uttered as far as we know. It is interesting because it is the start of a conversation, not because it is right or wrong.