Comment Comment by throw0101d A decent argument can be made that most of modern life is based of Aristotle's metaphysics:* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43277412-aristotle-s-rev...And that most 'Western values' are basically Christian in origin (with an undercurrent of Aristotle):* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_(Holland_book)* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor...MacIntyre argues that when it comes to ethics, the only two viable options are Aristotle or Nietzsche:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_VirtueCertainly Plato is influential, but he doesn't seem to have any practical use in day-to-day life. parent throw0101d 1 year ago
* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43277412-aristotle-s-rev...
And that most 'Western values' are basically Christian in origin (with an undercurrent of Aristotle):
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_(Holland_book)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor...
MacIntyre argues that when it comes to ethics, the only two viable options are Aristotle or Nietzsche:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Virtue
Certainly Plato is influential, but he doesn't seem to have any practical use in day-to-day life.