Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 12:09:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Blancato <tblan-AT-telerama.lm.com>
Subject: Re: Ethos with Epsilon



Thanks for the clarification. If I *can*, I'll get a Greek dictionary, 
learn Greek, and German, as well. Does everyone on this list know Greek 
but me?

Thanks, for the clarification.

Tom B.


On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Capurro Annette wrote:

> 
> Well Tom B. , I think Michael Eldred is right, you should buy a Greek 
> dictionary (actually I have to use very often an English one!) and you 
> should read Aristotle' s Nichomachean Ethics, there you will find a very 
> famous explanation of the word "ethics": in Greek you have two kinds of "e" 
> a short one (that is called epsilon) and a long one that is called "etha". 
> Ethics is being written with the long one, and Aristotle explains that the 
> origin of the word "Eethos" (wich Etha) is from "ethos" (wich Epsilon) that 
> means Character, whereas "eethos" means the habits or (latin) "mores" 
> (German: Sitten). Since German Idealism there is the distinction between 
> "Moralitaet" (as individual morality) and Sittlichkeit (the Morality 
> belonging to a society). The discussion between Heidegger and Levinas refers 
> to the question whether (roughly speaking) the personal ethics (ethos with 
> epsilon) is founded on "eethos" (this is in some way Heideggers position) or 
> the other way around. I do not think it makes to much sense to think of 
> ethos as a static view and morality as temporal view (particularly not in Hs 
> terms). By the say, if you want to understand H. you will have to learn 
> Greek...
> Cheers
> Rafael
> 
> 
> 
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