Conclusion: Aristotle
would replace Nietzscheism with a philosophy that emphasized man’s role in
society over his role as an individual.
EP1: Philosophers have attempted to provide an alternative moral
philosophy to Aristotle, but have always failed to do so (256)
EP2: Modern morality can only be understood through
fragments of the philosophy of Aristotle (257)
IP1: In order to understand modern philosophy, one must understand Aristotle.
EP3: The moralities of modern philosophy fail because they attempt to link surviving fragments of
Aristotle with present-day constructs (257)
IP2: The lack of an acceptable moral tradition makes modern
philosophies untenable when separated from Aristotelian teachings.
IP3: The morality of modern philosophy must be compatible
with Aristotle’s teaching.
EP4: Nietzsche contends that Aristotle’s morality is nothing
more than a way to cover up the desire for power over society, and that such
morality cannot be sustained (258)
IP4: Nietzsche’s philosophy needs to be changed in order to
be more compatible with Aristotle’s.
IP5: Nietzscheism will necessarily focus on the self because of
its perception that Aristotle’s teachings about power cannot be sustained.
EP5: The Nietzschean “great man” only has authority over
himself, and his interactions with other people must have the aim of advancing
that authority (258).
EP6: The authority of laws and virtues necessarily
originates with communities of people with a shared understanding of goods
(258).
EP7: If man isolates himself from such a community, he will
never be able to find any good outside of himself (258).
IP6: The entire basis for the power of the “Great Man” is
invalid because it involves the “Great Man” isolating himself from a community.
IP7: Social commitments must play some role in philosophical
morality.
EP8: There is no coherent, rationally defensible theory of
liberal individualism consistent with Aristotelian philosophy (259).
EP9: The Aristotelian tradition can be restated in such a
way that a moral role can be given to social commitments (259).
IP8: Aristotle would emphasize social commitments over
individual greatness.
IP9: Aristotle would replace the “Great Man” with something
that more closely emphasized man’s social commitments.
