{"id":1105,"date":"2020-08-29T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2020-12-07T19:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T19:40:24","slug":"live-like-an-aristotelian-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Like an Aristotelian Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1105\" class=\"elementor elementor-1105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46787a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46787a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94ff103\" data-id=\"94ff103\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b12f2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b12f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14fed801 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14fed801\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ead158\" data-id=\"4ead158\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e30d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e30d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium elementor-inline-editing pen\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 Monday, October 19, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64b2502 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64b2502\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97e57e6\" data-id=\"97e57e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b90b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b90b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Live Like an Aristotelian Week<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ba0035 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ba0035\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffd57bd\" data-id=\"ffd57bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bb8da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97bb8da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tuesday, October 13<br \/>Day 1: Virtue and Happiness<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla1\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wednesday, October 14<br \/>Day 2: Virtue as a Craft<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Thursday, October 15<br \/>Day 3: Virtue and the Mean<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla3\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Friday, October 16<br \/>Day 4: Virtue and Pleasure<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla4\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">No Dropbox for Journal Entry today (combined with tomorrow)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Saturday, October 17<br \/>Day 5: Virtue and Pleasure (cont&#8217;d)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla5\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sunday, October 18<br \/>Day 6: Virtue and Bias<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla6\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Monday, October 19<br \/>Day 7: Virtue and Friendship<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/live-like-an-aristotelian-week\/lla7\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Assigned Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd45fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd45fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e322de8\" data-id=\"e322de8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06a4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c06a4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Over\u00a0the next seven days you will be putting some of Aristotle&#8217;s views of the good life into practice. The main goal is to engage in intentional work on developing a virtue or character strength that matters to you. On each day of the week you\u00a0will be assigned a particular activity to complete.\u00a0Some of these activities will ask you to complete a task, reflect on a few questions, or engage in a thought experiment.\u00a0Others will involve cultivating habits, changing your behavior with others in a certain way, or going about your everyday routine a little differently.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All of the philosophical exercises for this week are located on this page and you will need to complete them daily. This will consist of two steps:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At the start of each day in the morning, you should read the assigned exercises and carry them out\u2014you can keep this assignment open on your phone throughout the day for easy access.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At the end of each day in the evening, you should submit\u00a0in the designated dropbox a short private <b>journal entry<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0(1-2 paragraphs) on what you\u2019ve learned.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Class periods and dialogue sessions that occur during the week will be devoted to discussing and working on your exercises individually or in groups.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On the last day of this week (Monday, October 19)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">you will meet in your breakout section to have\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a \u201cpostmortem\u201d discussion on your experiences<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0putting Aristotle&#8217;s views into practice.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your final assignment for this unit will be a <b>synthesis essay<\/b>\u00a0on how\/whether the approach to living well that you have put into practice this week has deepened your understanding of Aristotle&#8217;s views and\/or affected your own understanding of the good life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Specifically, you should review your journal entries for this week and write an essay of approximately 1000 words summarizing your final reflections on Aristotle&#8217;s approach to the good life.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Your essay<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0should engage with at least one of the theoretical views that we have covered in this unit, such as Aristotle\u2019s understanding of happiness as\u00a0<i>eudaimonia<\/i>, his \u201cfunction argument\u201d in <i>NE<\/i> I.7, his ideas about the role of virtue in a good life,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">the relationship between virtue and pleasure,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">his conception of virtue as a habit, his doctrine of the mean, or his views on friendship. Cite the texts we have studied where possible.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This essay is\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">due on\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Saturday, October 24<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To submit it, click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfCzXhsKUxjt8Lcv3RwL41_Iis_utdMyOiAJ_rohE7OPQWdtA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0and scroll down to access the &#8220;Dropbox for Synthesis Essay&#8221; under the section titled &#8220;Select Day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Readings for the assigned exercises and evening reflections this week are drawn from:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><li>Aristotle,\u00a0<em>Nicomachean Ethics<\/em>, translated by C.D.C. Reeve (Hackett, 2014)<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"list-style: none;\"><li><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d2980b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d2980b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5208b5d\" data-id=\"5208b5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9149c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bd9149c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 Monday, October 19, 2020 Live Like an Aristotelian Week Tuesday, October 13Day 1: Virtue and Happiness Assigned Exercise Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry Wednesday, October 14Day 2: Virtue as a Craft Assigned Exercise Prompt for Evening Reflection and Dropbox for Journal Entry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1105\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingagoodlife.com\/fall2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}