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Good Luck, Nature, and God: Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics 8.2

In this paper I argue that the basic form of good luck (eutuchia) that Aristotle identifies in his Eudemian Ethics 8.2 is the divine good luck, which is not also natural good luck, as is commonly assumed by interpreters. The property of being lucky is neither a primitive nor a natural property, nor such that it is based on some natural property, but a property bestowed by god. Hence, the only satisfactory explanation of good luck must be theological. Furthermore, I argue that Aristotle’s account is neutral with regard to character, intellectual and physical dispositions of those who are subject to good luck.

good luck, happiness, Aristotle

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