The Problem of Authority in Arendt and Aristotle

Philosophy Today 60 (2):253-276 (2016)
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The aim of the paper is to examine the limits of Aristotle’s and Arendt’s contributions to a philosophical anthropology. By focusing on the concept of ‘potentiality’—and thus the ‘good life’ as a potentiality awaiting actualization—the limit emerges from the way Aristotle understands ‘life.’ His discussion of slavery is pivotal in this regard.

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10.5840/philtoday2016330111

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