Aristotelian Argument Analysis

By fate the great honor of being able to correspond with you has been bestowed upon me. It is an honor that I do not take lightly so I am ever so humbled by this chance but hope that my articulations do you justice. Despite that we take contrary stances on matters of philosophical thought it needs to be said that all of my refutations come from a place of great respect as well as admiration. Before proceeding onto my points of debate I must first ask if at any time did you encounter some form of Aristotelian philosophy? I ask this because you and Aristotle share a remarkably similar perspective on epistemological thought. Should you have been exposed to the genius of Aristotle then I would love to hear of your personal reflections. Also please correct me if I am wrong …show more content…
I take no issue with the concept of de over bloodshed. Although do take some argument with it being affixed to the junzi. Aristotle does something similar with the aristocracy of the Greek polis so I also refute his concept of lead by nobility example. The issue that I have with the junzi or aristocracy leading by example is that it pervades a form of elitism. An unqualified elitism I might add because it has been my experience often where the layman has demonstrated more dedication to ru and de then the noble. Now I do not challenge all nobility of being void in virtue but only take umbrage to the blanket leadership of the nobility simply just because the virtue is assumed (Chau, 2011, pp. 41-44). I am of a mind that the peasant could possibly teach something to the nobility on matters of virtue. Specifically, in the strain of humility but to be fair it is in my mind that inherited life that afforded the peasant such a perspective. So I would urge not a lead of junzi example although would promote a form of ru that is a shared learning experience between the different