study guide for quiz #2 Flashcards
who wrote “Nichomachean Ethics”?
Aristotle
who wrote “On Duties”?
Cicero
Who wrote “On Tranquility of Mind”?
Seneca
Who wrote “On Beauty”?
Plotinus
Who wrote “City of God”, “Confessions”, “Nicene Creed”, and “Passion of the Saints Perpetua and Felicity”?
Augustine
Who wrote “The Aeneid”?
Vergil
Who wrote “from Religion and Philosophy”?
Ibn Rushd/Averroes
Who wrote “from Summation of the Catholic Faith”?
Thomas Aquinas
Who wrote “On Politics”?
Aristotle
Who wrote “On the Catholic Faith”?
Boethius
what are some distinct characteristics of “the Nichomachean Ethics”?
what is the good life? how can one find HAPPINESS? if this text was to have one word, it would be happiness. He is the one who mentioned telos- the end. he also incontinence and continence.
what are some distinct characteristics of “Politics”?
it talks about the pursuit of the common good and that true forms of government are supposed to be aimed for the telos of the people.
what are some distinct characteristics of “On Tranquility of Mind”?
this one had a stoic approach, a person is trying to be virtuous, content. he is basically saying that one should not hope for things to go well and you should hope for nothing so nothing surprises you.
what are some distinct characteristics of “On Beauty”?
it can be compared with Buddha and Plato and it draws on Plato’s ideas of forms, supposed to be drawn to goodness and recognizing that beauty is unchanging.
what are some distinct characteristics of the “Nicene Creed”?
it was written AD 325, it does not have one author specifically, but it is written by Augustine
