Aristotle was born in 383 BC in the town of Stagira, in the north-east of Greece

Aristotle was born in 383 BC in the town of Stagira, in the north-east of Greece. In 367 Aristotle moved to Athens and became associated with the Academic school of Plato. The ideas which Aristotle sets out in his Nichomachean Ethics are among the most influential and celebrated for a definition of the human person. Even if it was written in the fourth century BC, modern readers who take up the Ethics for the first time will find themselves already familiar, at least to some degree, with several of its leading notions. In our assignment, we are focusing on some important passages from Book 1.
1) Why does Aristotle speak of a “flautist” or “sculptor” or of “joiners” and “shoemakers” in connection with the human function? What are these analogies supposed to demonstrate?
2) Aristotle identifies various parts in the soul of a human being. What are they and how do they interrelate according to our Aristotle reading? In order to answer this question, read carefully pp. 27-30.