اُرکسیس یا میل در دیدگاه ارسطو، به میل عقلانی و میل غیرعقلانی تقسیم میشود. میل عقلانی شامل بولئسیس و میل غیرعقلانی شامل اپیسومیا (میل شهوانی) و تومُس (میل احساسی) است. بررسی آراء ارسطو نشان میدهد که میل عقلانی از جهات مختلفی با سایر امیال متفاوت است. اول اینکه میل عقلانی در مقایسه با میل شهوانی و میل احساسی، به بخش عقلانی نفس تعلق دارد و از این رو تنها اختصاص به انسان دارد و حال آنکه میل شهوانی و میل احساسی در حیوانات نیز وجود دارند. دوم اینکه میل عقلانی به اهدافی مربوط میشود که از طریق سنجش عقلانی محقق میشوند و چنین اهدافی از نظر فاعل، به جای اینکه صرفا خوشایند و لذتبخش باشند، خوب هستند. سوم اینکه میل عقلانی با شناسایی حقیقت سروکار دارد و هم چنین برخلاف میل شهوانی و میل احساسی، میلی آیندهمحور است. در نهایت ویژگی برجستهی میل عقلانی، مبدأ بودن آن برای افعال اخلاقی است؛ چراکه موضوع میل عقلانی، هدفی عقلانی است؛ چیزی که حیوانات از آن بیبهره هستند.
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