Aristotle on the Practice of Life

Sara Brill

The September meeting of NESAP will take place on Thursday, September 23 at 4:30 EDT and will be a discussion of Sara Brill's "Aristotle on the Practice of Life"

Here is Sara's description of her paper:  

Aristotle invokes the distinction between action and production at an early juncture in the Politics in order to argue that living one’s life does not produce anything outside of itself; it is an action that has its end in itself and not in something else. His subsequent development of the practical character of human life, however, cannot be severed from a very particular dynamic of power that does not sit easily with the contemporary reception of ancient Greek bioi; I explore this dynamic with a focus on the connection it provides between Aristotle’s political and zoological thought. 

At the meeting, Sara will give a short introduction to her paper and then we will turn to discussion.

The discussion will presuppose that participants have read the paper in advance of the session. The paper and Zoom link will be distributed to participants via email in a couple weeks prior to the event.  To allow yourself time to complete the readings, please register at least 48 hours prior to the event.  


You can register for this and other events on our website at https://www.newenglandsymposiumonancientphilosophy.com/.