Aristotle’s theory of human happiness in the Nicomachean Ethics explicitly depends on the claim that contemplation (theôria) is peculiar to human beings, whether it is our function or only part of it. But there is a notorious problem: Aristotle says that divine beings also contemplate. Various solutions have been proposed, but each has difficulties. Drawing on an analysis of what divine contemplation involves according to Aristotle, I identify an assumption common to all of these proposals and argue for rejecting it. This allows a straightforward solution to the problem and there is evidence that Aristotle would have adopted it.

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亚里士多德关于神与人类的思考

亚里士多德的《尼科马奇伦理学》中关于人类幸福的理论明确地依赖于这样的论点，即沉思（theôria）是人类特有的，而不论它是我们的功能，还是仅仅是其中的一部分。但是，这是一个臭名昭著的问题：亚里斯多德说神圣的生物也在冥想中。已经提出了各种解决方案，但是每种解决方案都有困难。根据亚里士多德对神圣的思想所涉及的分析，我确定了所有这些提议所共有的假设，并主张予以拒绝。这可以直接解决问题，并且有证据表明亚里士多德会采用它。