%0 Journal Article
%T WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UNDERSTAND ARISTOTLE'S NICOMACHEAN ETHICS? O QUE SIGNIFICA COMPREENDER A 谷TICA NICOMAQUEIA DE ARIST車TELES?
%A Priscilla Tesch Spinelli
%J Phil車sophos : Revista de Filosofia
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.5216/phi.v15i1.12359
%X Early in the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle claims that the goal pursued by that work is not knowledge but action; a bit later he says that reading / studying the lessons therein contained would be useless if it did not serve to somehow make us better. The aim of this paper is to present what I take as being the practical understanding that Aristotle requires from the reader / student of the NE, as opposed to a purely theoretical understanding of the issues addressed by that work. One can read the NE as a purely theoretical treatise, considering irrelevant the question of whether or not we are motivated to pursue a virtuous life. But one should not read it that way, according to Aristotle. To understand that the virtuous life is the best means to pursue that life. As I intend to show, the Aristotelian requirement that students of the NE have been educated in good habits in order to follow its lessons properly is a strong indication supporting the idea above. Aristotle had in mind the fact that it is only in a mature character that moral arguments, even if very general ones such as those in the NE, can motivate action. J芍 no in赤cio da 谷tica Nicomaqueia Arist車teles afirma que o objetivo visado pela obra n o 谷 o conhecimento, mas a a  o; um pouco mais adiante, afirma que a leitura/estudo das li  es nela contidas ter芍 sido in迆til se isso n o serviu para, de algum modo, tornarmo-nos melhores. O objetivo desse artigo 谷 apresentar o que entendo como a compreens o pr芍tica que Arist車teles requer que o seu leitor/estudante tenha da EN, opondo-a a uma compreens o puramente te車rica dos assuntos por ela tratados. Podemos ler a EN como um tratado apenas te車rico, considerando irrelevante o fato de sermos ou n o motivados a buscar uma vida virtuosa. Mas n o devemos l那-la assim, segundo Arist車teles. Compreender que a vida virtuosa 谷 a melhor implica buscar essa vida. Conforme pretendo mostrar, a exig那ncia aristot谷lica que os estudantes da EN tenham sido educados nos bons h芍bitos para seguir adequadamente as suas li  es 谷 um forte ind赤cio para a comprova  o da ideia
%K Compreens o pr芍tica
%K bons h芍bitos
%K motiva  o
%U http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/philosophos/article/view/12359