Episode #12: Aristotle and Objectivism (ft. Dr. Gregory Salmieri)

Описание: Was Aristotle an objectivist? Was Ayn Rand Aristotelian? Professor Gregory Salmieri joins the Western Canon Podcast to discuss Aristotle's philosophy, with a special focus on how it relates to objectivist thought. My guest discusses teleology, virtue ethics, whether it is possible to be both an Aristotelian and a romantic, and how different political camps have misunderstood Aristotle's thought. Dr. Salmieri also responds to my last guest, the renowned classicist Edith Hall, who claimed that there is a direct line from Aristotle to Marx. Where does objectivism depart from Aristotle's philosophy? Are the two philosophies compatible?
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Dr. Salmieri is a senior philosophy scholar and director of the Objectivity Program at the Salem Center at the University of Texas, Austin. After completing his PhD in philosophy at The University of Pittsburgh—that’s a good philosophy program, or so I hear—after completing his PhD, he taught philosophy at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Boston University, and Rutgers University before joining the center. He is co-editor of Foundation of a Free Society and A Companion to Ayn Rand, and he’s published on issues related to epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy, especially as they arise in connection to the work of Aristotle and of Ayn Rand. He’s been on the Rubin Report numerous times and is a regular contributor and speaker for the Ayn Rand Institute.

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