Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-04T21:02:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 29 / Nenhuma / O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a ética das virtudes de Aristóteles. Partindo de alguns pressupostos como a classificação do conhecimento, a concepção antropológica do homem como um animal racional político, pretende-se apresentar as virtudes éticas e dianoéticas como o meio para chegar-se à felicidade, ou eudemonia (euvdaimoni,a). Será enfatizado o aspecto racional da ética de Aristóteles, sobretudo pela prudência como um elemento essencial para a vida virtuosa. A prudência embora seja uma virtude intelectual, é imprescindível para o êxito da virtude moral, pois para ser virtuoso o homem deve ser prudente, e para ser prudente ele deve necessariamente ser virtuoso. A ética de Aristóteles e toda a sua filosofia é caracterizada pelo finalismo da razão. Esse finalismo da razão é a teleologia que será identificada como o bem. Por fim apresentar-se-á a felicidade, ou o bem supremo, que as pessoas procuram conquistar por alguma das quatro formas de vida, ou seja a vida em busca da riqueza, do praze / The objective of this work is to present the Ethics of Virtues from the greek philosopher Aristotle. According to some presuppositions like the classification of knowledge, the anthropological conception of man as a rational and political animal, it intends to present the ethical and intellectual virtues as the means to arrive to happiness or eudaemonia. It will be stressed the rational aspects of Aristotle’s Ethics, specially prudence as an essential element of virtuous life. Prudence, although being an intellectual virtue, is indispensable to the success of moral life, because to be virtuous man must be prudent and to be prudent he has necessarily to be virtuous. Finally, the four ways of life and happiness of the Aristotelian teleology will be presented emphasizing that contemplation is life’s perfect form. Some paradoxes of Aristotle’s Ethics will be appointed, and then some final conclusions will be presented.

Η παρούσα εργασία επισημαίνοντας την ηθική κρίση, την απαξίωση των ιστορικά και πολιτιστικά επικυρωμένων αξιών, με επίπτωση κυρίαρχα στον τομέα της εκπαίδευσης, φιλοδοξεί να παρουσιάσει προτάσεις - λύσεις, καταφεύγοντας σε μια κορυφαία προσωπικότητα του αρχαιοελληνικού κόσμου, τον Αριστοτέλη. Αναπτύσσει τις απόψεις του περί παιδείας, περί των ηθικών και διανοητικών αρετών και περί φιλίας, προσδίδοντας στο περιεχόμενό τους ευρύτατες διαστάσεις. Αν μεταφέρουμε στο εκπαιδευτικό σύστημα τις προτάσεις του περί παιδείας, θα διατυπώνουμε λόγο για μια αγωγή που δεν υποτάσσεται σε σκοπιμότητες. Αν ο διδάσκων ακολουθήσει τις ανωτέρω αρετές και τις αφομοιώσει ο διδασκόμενος, τότε και οι δυο θα έχουν ένα στέρεο πεδίο ικανοτήτων, για να βρίσκονται σ’ έναν συνεχή αναστοχασμό και αυτοστοχασμό. Η έννοια της φιλίας μπορεί να μεταμορφώσει θετικά το κοινωνικό - πολιτικό - οικονομικό και εκπαιδευτικό σύστημα. Στο τελευταίο κεφάλαιο της εργασίας παρουσιάζεται η καταγγελτική κριτική από σύγχρονους στοχαστές (Μαρκούζε, Λυοτάρ) για τις συνέπειες του παθογενούς συστήματος που επηρεάζει και τον τομέα της εκπαίδευσης. Υπάρχει ένα κρίσιμο ερώτημα αναφορικά με το αν η εκπαίδευση συγκροτεί ώριμα πολιτικά υποκείμενα, ή αν έρχεται να διαμορφώσει ανταγωνιστικά οικονομικά όντα. / The present work by highlighting the crisis of moral values, the depreciation of the historically and culturally validated values, with an impact mainly on Education, intends to present proposals - solutions, resorting to a leading personality of the Ancient-Greek world, Aristotle. It develops his views on Education, the moral and intellectual virtues and friendship, adding broad dimensions to their content. If we pass his proposals about education into the established system, we will be talking about education which is not subordinated to expediency. If the teacher followed the above virtues and the learner assimilated them, then they would both acquire a solid skill basis so that they would be in a continuous reflection and self-reflection. The notion of friendship could positively transform the socio-political, economic and educational system. The final chapter of the work presents the denunciatory criticism by modern scholars (Marcuse, Lyotar) about the consequences of the pathogenic system affecting the field of education. There is one critical question concerning whether education constitutes mature political subjects or if it comes to formulate competitive economic beings.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur la notion de prudence dans la pensée castillane médiévale et moderne, depuis le début du règne d'Alphonse X de Castille, dit « le roi Sage », en 1252, jusqu'à la mort de Philippe II, dit « le Prudent », en 1598. Le choix d'une période longue a permis d'analyser dans toute sa complexité le processus de réception et d'adaptation des doctrines classiques sur la prudence par les traducteurs, commentateurs et penseurs politiques castillans. La thèse montre comment ce concept défini dans les textes de l'Antiquité grecque et latine a nourri leur réflexion sur la double nature, rationnelle et politique, de l'homme : la prudence est en effet la vertu intellectuelle qui définit l'homme comme animal politique, et plus particulièrement, chez Aristote, le gouvernant et le législateur. La transmission, fidèle ou non, de la doctrine aristotélicienne des vertus intellectuelles en général, et de la prudence en particulier, se révèle le lieu d'un affrontement entre deux paradigmes royaux dans la Castille d'alors : face au modèle d'un roi sage (sapiens, sabio) disposant d'un pouvoir absolu, que les monarques successifs s'attachent à maintenir tout au long de la période, la haute noblesse et les maîtres ès arts salmantins posent l'image d'un roi simplement prudent au sens où l'entend Aristote, c'est-à-dire faillible, pour mieux l'inviter à gouverner en s'appuyant sur les élites de son royaume. / This PhD thesis deals with the notion of prudence in medieval and modern Castilian thought, from the beginning of the reign of Alfonso X of Castile, known as “the Wise King”, in 1252, until the death of Philip II, called “the Prudent King”, in 1598. The choice of a long period enabled to analyze in all its complexity the process of reception and adaptation of classical doctrines of Prudence by Castilian translators, commentators and political thinkers. The thesis shows how this concept defined in Greek and Latin Antiquity texts nourished their thougt on the dual nature of man (rational and political): Prudence is indeed the intellectual virtue that defines Man as a Political animal ; in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, this virtue defines more particularly the ruler and the legislator. This study shows how the transmission, faithful or not, of the Aristotelian doctrine of intellectual virtues in general, and of Prudence in particular, was in Castile the place of a confrontation between two royal paradigms: opposite the model of a Wise king (sapiens, sabio) possessing absolute power, which the successive monarchs strove to maintain throughout the period, the high nobility and the Salmantine Masters of Arts proposed the image of a merely prudent ruler. This latest model, defined by Aristotle as being fallible, allowed them to claim their participation in the governance of the Kingdom.

The first part deals with the concept of virtue ethics in the view of Summa theologica. Its basis is acquired from classical philosophy of ancient scholars. Firstly, it is necessary to describe Plato's and Aristoteles systematical approach to virtues. Plato's approach is parallel with the concept of the state. Aristotle's has a system divided into rational and moral virtues, which is a small entanglement of this topic. The last systematical approach in ancient times takes Stoic's way with dualistic conception of realty and human inside, which is an approach with no ground. Thomas Aquinas continues the system of Plato's and Aristotle's and adds the theory of cardinal and supernatural virtues. The cardinal virtues are rooted in humans, through their habits, so the key question then being human's habits, disposition, and adequacy in connection with their nature. Subsequently, the virtues are an essential part of human nature or personality. The psychology deals with the topic of virtues in the context of personality psychology, especially, in the background of inner quality or traits. Recently, virtues in the psychology are still open to question and are a huge challenge.