
Philosophy of Virtues. The Way to Wisdom in Aristotle and Primo Levi
Author(s) -
Patrizia Piredda
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
politeia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2236-8094
pISSN - 1519-9339
DOI - 10.22481/politeia.v19i2.7494
Subject(s) - epistemology , philosophy , practical wisdom , undergrowth , point (geometry) , sociology , geometry , mathematics , forestry , geography
In this article, I aim to investigate the relationship between Aristotle’s ethics and Levi’s idea of ethics based on practical virtues. Understanding the former, in fact, permits us to better comprehend the philosophical undergrowth of the latter. And above all, it permits us to better understand how Levi, who constantly dealt with the ethical and aesthetic difficulty of narrating experience from an empiric and anti-idealistic point of view, used philosophy of virtues and wisdom as hermeneutic keys to understanding life.