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Headword:
*(upoteli\s
Adler number: upsilon,603
Translated headword: subordinate end
Vetting Status: high
Translation: ['Subordinate end'] and [sc. true] 'end' differ according to philosophers: for [they say] even those who are not wise aim at the former, whereas only the wise man aims at the latter. The things that are between virtue and vice [sc. they declare] to be indifferent.
Greek Original:*(upoteli\s kai\ te/los kata\ filoso/fous diafe/rei: th=s me\n ga\r kai\ tou\s mh\ sofou\s stoxa/zesqai, tou= de\ mo/non to\n sofo/n. ta\ de\ metacu\ a)reth=s kai\ kaki/as a)dia/fora ei)=nai.
Notes:
From
Diogenes Laertius 7.165, on the Stoic philosopher Herillus of Carthage (who has no Suda entry of his own, but see under
tau 282).
The end (
telos) is "to be happy". The notion of "subordinate end" accounts for the fact that, before a human being is able to use the reasoning faculty, he or she has a natural or instinctive tendency to think of his or her life as a whole (see Annas [1993] 39-40). In a doxography which reminds us of the Stoic theory of "familiarization" or "appropriation" (
oikeiosis), for which see
omicron 601), we read: "The first affection familiar to the animal is the subordinate end; from such an affection the animal started to be aware of its own constitution, this not being rational but irrational or without reason (
alogon)" (
Stobaeus,
Excerpts 2.47.12-14).
Reference:
J. Annas, The Morality of Happiness (Oxford 1993)
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; ethics; philosophy
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 11 January 2000@11:16:51.
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