Lino1406 said:
Sorry for your leaving Palladium. If I understand well you speak about ungratefulness. I assume teachers have more times that feeling, than the opposite. But can they stop being teachers?
Aristotle conceives of ethical theory as a field distinct from the theoretical sciences. Its methodology must match its subject matter—good action—and must respect the fact that in this field many generalizations hold only for the most part. We study ethics in order to improve our lives, and therefore its principal concern is the nature of human well-being. Aristotle follows Socrates and Plato in taking the virtues to be central to a well-lived life. Like Plato, he regards the ethical virtues (justice, courage, temperance and so on) as complex rational, emotional and social skills. But he rejects Plato's idea that to be completely virtuous one must acquire, through a training in the sciences, mathematics, and philosophy, an understanding of what goodness is. What we need, in order to live well, is a proper appreciation of the way in which such goods as friendship, pleasure, virtue, honor and wealth fit together as a whole. In order to apply that general understanding to particular cases, we must acquire, through proper upbringing and habits, the ability to see, on each occasion, which course of action is best supported by reasons. Therefore, practical wisdom, as he conceives it, cannot be acquired solely by learning general rules. We must also acquire, through practice, those deliberative, emotional, and social skills that enable us to put our general understanding of well-being into practice in ways that are suitable to each occasion.
Such formalities seem to have been forgotten.
We are literally the living descendents of the Alchemist, who helped humanity define logic and scientific debate.
But have let our forum be taken over by people of a Narcissistic personality.
John was the most obvious of Malignant Narcissist who cost us such wealth as Harold.
Then the Covert Narcissist took over.
I would love to thank Harold, I started out on this page as a complete novice experimenting with furnace.
Now I operate the largest independent operation in south-west England.
All thanks to Harold's model.
But I can not even thank him as he was driven off by lesser people.