Aristotle's Philosophy of the Environment

Psychologist Jordan peterson is pushing himself into territory first established by aristotle about two thousand, 400 years ago. We are primarily concerned with the effective and emotional significance of the environment along with our animal cousins. If we push hard on those buttons, primary and fundamental, that makes biology basic in his thinking. What's good for fer, for animals, for dolphins, for hares, for barnacles, for any species is their functioning according to their biological and sometimes psychological identities. Each species has a natural mode of living, and that includes human beings,. who flourish to the extent that they live according to their nature.

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