I am having my students read Aristotle's "Doctrine of the Mean" this week. We will discuss it tomorrow. He raises many questions for consideration such as: What is man's highest good? Why does happiness not consist simply of pleasure, honor or wealth?Can we be virtuous by nature, or do we form virtues from our habits? Why is virtue a state of character and not a matter of having certain feelings?
I think my students are ready to engage with these questions, at least I hope they are!
We read Plato's "The Cave" last week and had a great discussion as a class. I'm not teaching philosophy...just exposing my students to some of the greatest literature of all time.
