Tag: Aristotle

Aristotle and Moneymaking: The Roads Not Taken Discussants: Jonny Thakkar (Swarthmore College) The primary goal of this paper is to consider the relationship between the critique of moneymaking that Aristotle develops in Book I of the Politics and the rest of his social and political theory. I argue that there are several places where Aristotle …

Leo Strauss and Kelsen on Aristotle and the Question of Natural Right Discussants: Miguel Vatter (Deakin University) Strauss’s thought is notoriously complicated to decipher. One of the best guiding threads to his thinking is provided by the way in which he understands the role of Aristotle’s Politics and Nicomachean Ethics within “Platonic political philosophy.” The …