The Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes, Hugh Tredennick , J. A. K. Thomson

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Penguin Classics
27 October 2003

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ethics & moral philosophy; Penguin Black Classics

Aristotole's examination of the nature of happiness

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness.

He argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul in accordance with virtue', for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. The Ethics also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the value and the objects of pleasure, the different forms of friendship, and the relationship between individual virtue, society and the State. Aristotle's work has had a profound and lasting influence on all subsequent Western thought about ethical matters.

By: Aristotle
Introduction by: Jonathan Barnes
Revised by: Hugh Tredennick
Translated by: J. A. K. Thomson
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 292g
ISBN: 9780140449495
ISBN 10: 0140449493
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 27 October 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Nicomachean EthicsPreface Chronology Introduction Further Reading A Note on the Text Synopsis The Nicomachean Ethics Book I: The Object of Life Book II: Moral Goodness Book III: Moral Responsibility: Two Virtues Book IV: Other Moral Virtues Book V: Justice Book VI: Intellectual Virtues Book VII: Continence and Incontinence: THe Nature of Pleasure Book VIII: The Kinds of Friendship Book IX: The Grounds of Friendship Book X: Pleasure and the Life of Happiness Appendix 1: Table of Virtues and Vices Appendix 2: Pythagoreanism Appendix 3: The Sophists and Socrates Appendix 4: Plato's Theory of Forms Appendix 5: The Catagories Appendix 6: Substance and Change Appendix 7: Nature and Theology Appendix 8: The Practical Syllogism Appendix 9: Pleasure and Process Appendix 10: Liturgies Appendix 11: Aristotle in the Middle Ages Glossary of Greek Words Index of Names Subject Index

Aristotle was born in 384 BC, and studied in Athens under Plato. His writings were of extraordinary range, and many of them have survived. He died in 323 BC.

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