Political Decline and Varieties of Intellectual Reaction in Post-Aristotelian Philosophy

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dc.contributor.authorAlumona, Victor Sunday
dc.contributor.otherBedu-Addo, J. T.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-25T09:08:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T13:53:40Z
dc.date.available2014-06-25T09:08:03Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T13:53:40Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.degree.awardM.A.Philosophyen_US
dc.departmentPhilosophyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe philosophers considered in this essay were in search of the way to achieve happiness and mental serenity in an unsteady socio-political situation brought about by the conquests of Alexander the Great. The philosophers in different ways maintained a deterministic metaphysics. In spite of this, they prescribed ways to happiness which assume that man is free in the exercise of his will and hence can be held responsible for his actions, as he relates with either nature or neighbours in society. When considered against the background of their various deterministic metaphysics, this ethical position raises questions about theoretical consistency on one hand, and the possibility of morality (especially with regard to the Epicureans) on the other. This essay therefore considers an ethical problem in two different schools of thought which had the same view of the aim of life, and suggests that metaphysical presuppositions can be used to illuminate our understanding of problems in other areas of philosophy. It further suggests that our gains are immense when historical and societal factors are taken into consideration in tackling a philosophical problem.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypepdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationAPAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2558
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages103pen_US
dc.publisherObafemi Awolowo Universityen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectphilosophyen_US
dc.subjectmetaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectmoralityen_US
dc.subjectethical problemsen_US
dc.subjectsocio-politicsen_US
dc.titlePolitical Decline and Varieties of Intellectual Reaction in Post-Aristotelian Philosophyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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