JESUITICAL ARISTOTLE?
The term "Jesuitical," meaning, a form of illogic bandied about as true logic, came to be centuries after Aristotle, with the Jesuits , a priesthood in the Catholic Church.
But, Aristotle, himself, had some mind benders of his own that were no less illogical than any Jesuit's may have been, I noticed reading.
For example, he asks:
"Is it truly possible to be willingly treated unjustly, or is all suffering of injustice on the contrary involuntary, as all unjust action is involuntary? And is all suffering of injustice of the latter kind or else all of the former, or is it sometimes voluntary, sometimes involuntary? So, too, with the case of being justly treated; all just action is voluntary, so that it is reasonable there should be similar opposition in either case--that both being unjustly and being justly treated should be either alike voluntary or alike involuntary."
After several other rhetorical perambulations and inquiries, Aristotle, at length, concluded :
"It is plain, then, that being unjustly treated is not voluntary."
P. 1017-1018, "NICOMACHEAN ETHICS", THE BASIC WORKS OF ARISTOTLE (1941, 2001)
I was gratified learn this fact from Aristotle: that unjust treatment is not voluntary! Who could have known, except a victim of injustice?
Even the Jesuits must take a bow!
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/jesuitical
Friday, February 23, 2018
JESUITICAL ARISTOTLE
JESUITICAL ARISTOTLE?
The term "Jesuitical," meaning, a form of illogic bandied about as true logic, came to be centuries after Aristotle, with the Jesuits , a priesthood in the Catholic Church.
But, Aristotle, himself, had some mind benders of his own that were no less illogical than any Jesuit's may have been, I noticed reading.
For example, he asks:
"Is it truly possible to be willingly treated unjustly, or is all suffering of injustice on the contrary involuntary, as all unjust action is involuntary? And is all suffering of injustice of the latter kind or else all of the former, or is it sometimes voluntary, sometimes involuntary? So, too, with the case of being justly treated; all just action is voluntary, so that it is reasonable there should be similar opposition in either case--that both being unjustly and being justly treated should be either alike voluntary or alike involuntary."
After several other rhetorical perambulations and inquiries, Aristotle, at length, concluded :
"It is plain, then, that being unjustly treated is not voluntary."
P. 1017-1018, "NICOMACHEAN ETHICS", THE BASIC WORKS OF ARISTOTLE (1941, 2001)
I was gratified learn this fact from Aristotle: that unjust treatment is not voluntary! Who could have known, except a victim of injustice?
Even the Jesuits must take a bow!
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/jesuitical