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The Classical Ideal of Happiness: On Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Some Modern Alternatives

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The Classical Ideal of Happiness: On Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Some Modern Alternatives
The Classical Ideal of Happiness: On Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Some Modern Alternatives

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Feb 22, 2022, 7:00 PM CST – Mar 22, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT

Austin Institute, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

Dr. Dana Stauffer and Dr. Erik Dempsey of the University of Texas at Austin will be leading this seminar on Aristotle's understanding of happiness. The first, second, and fourth seminars will treat passages from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, with the third one on some modern alternatives to the Aristotelian ideal.

About Our Scholars

Dr. Dana Jalbert Stauffer

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Associate Professor of Instruction

Dr. Stauffer specializes in political theory. Her particular research interests include the history of political thought, especially classical political thought, and women in political thought. Before coming to the University of Texas, she taught at Kenyon College.

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