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Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics: Rethinking Happiness and Duty

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This book will probably only be of interest to students of philosophy who already have a background in Aristotle and Kant. For any philosopher interested in comparing and contrasting Aristotle and Kant, this book is of immense value. All of the essays are clear and well argued. There is, I must warn, a decent amount of Kantian readings of Aristotle in this book, and this may get under your skin if you're like me and believe that Aristotle is as much like Kant as Ayn Rand is like Karl Marx. Nonetheless, every claim is well argued for, which makes it an even better tool for trying to defend the traditional view.

This book typically excludes the incredible variety and richness of African philosophy, which was in part stolen by the 'Greeks'. In any event, I guess we are supposed to believe that white male definitions of 'happiness' are exactly the same as that of everyone else? Shame on the editors of this unworthy book.