Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well

Re:Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well by Razengan on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:18AM (#36548910)

I always wondered why the Greek philosophers like Aristotle, Socrates, Plato etc. did not cause religions to form.

Unlike Moses, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, who wrote down little if anything first-hand, and seemed to have comparatively fewer coherent things to say, which too we only know about from third parties removed hundreds of years later.

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Re:Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well by thenerdhead on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:03AM (#36549202)

Pythagoras is a good example of both a philosophy and religious practice.

But it depends on how you define a religion. If it includes a divinity of some sort, then no. If it includes devoted followers, then yes.

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Re:Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well by gecersiznick on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:34PM (#36556475)

They didn’t promise “accept and you’ll be saved,” they were more saying “understand, and you might lead a better/more virtuous/more fulfilling life.” On the one hand, you have figures who promise salvation if you just submit, on the other, the opposite. No surprise there when the majority goes for the former.

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