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"What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all set against a rich and humane conception of what makes for a flourishing life. Adam Beresford's freshly researched translation presents many of Aristotle's key terms...
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Scott library volume 58
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The ancient Greek philosopher's classic work on happiness and its roots in virtue and good character.
How should we live? What is the importance of such qualities as courage, generosity, and wisdom? The man who would become one of the greatest influences on Western thinking about morality explores these questions and delves into topics such as practical reasoning, friendship, pleasure, and our role in society and government. This is a classic work...
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Everyman's library volume no. 547
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The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the 'philosophy of human affairs;' but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author's whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge...
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The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics--that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudence--found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called "the Philosopher." Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle's thought, Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins...
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Nicomachean Ethics moves beyond the purely theoretical analysis of moral philosophy by examining its practical application. It is one of the world's great books by Aristotle. Aristotle is well, known for the precision with which he chooses his words, and in this elegant translation, his work has found its ideal match. Aristotelian ethics is, concerned with how an individual should best live their life and at its core asserts the idea that the most...
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Ziel dieses Werkes ist es, einen Leitfaden zu geben, um zu erlernen, wie man ein guter Mensch wird und wie man ein glückliches Leben führt. Da hierfür der Begriff des Handelns zentral ist, ist bereits im ersten Satz davon die Rede: "Jedes praktische Können und jede wissenschaftliche Untersuchung, ebenso alles Handeln und Wählen, strebt nach einem Gut, wie allgemein angenommen wird." Ein Gut kann dabei entweder nur dazu da sein, ein weiteres Gut...
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Nicomachean Ethics focuses on the importance of habitually behaving virtuously and developing a virtuous character. Aristotle emphasized the importance of context to ethical behavior, and the ability of the virtuous person to recognize the best course of action. Aristotle argued that happiness and well being is the goal of life, and that a person's pursuit of such, rightly conceived, will result in virtuous conduct. "EVERY art and every inquiry, and...
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Embark on a voyage of enlightenment with the entirety of Aristotle's works at your fingertips. Traverse the intricate pathways of one of history's greatest minds, all within a single, definitive collection.
✨ "Knowledge is the end of all endeavor," and Aristotle's musings embody a treasure trove of insights on ethics, logic, science, and the nature of existence itself.
Elevate your perspective with writings that have, for centuries, brought...
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Parece claro que la felicidad es el fin último al que aspira la vida humana. Pero ¿cuál es la verdadera esencia de la felicidad? A esta espinosa cuestión se enfrenta Aristóteles (384 – 322 a. C.) en la Ética a Nicómaco.
Resultado de la selección realizada por su hijo Nicómaco con las notas que el propio autor utilizaba para sus lecciones en el Liceo, la obra resume las claves de la reflexión moral de su autor. Y aún más meritorio es...
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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato. He taught Alexander the Great, and wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and...
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Jonathan Barnes taught at the universities of Oxford, Geneva, and Paris-Sorbonne. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and is the editor of The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation (Princeton). Anthony Kenny is a philosopher, former president of the British Academy, former master of Balliol College, University of Oxford, and the author of more than forty books, including A New History of Western Philosophy.
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A major treatise on moral philosophy by Aristotle, this is the first time the Eudemian Ethics has been published in its entirety in any modern language. Equally important, the volume has been translated by Sir Anthony Kenny, one of Britain's most distinguished academics and philosophers, and a leading authority on Aristotle. In The Eudemian Ethics, Aristotle explores the factors that make life worth living. He considers the role of happiness, and...
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Great ideas volume 101
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What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle's lectures on ethics are among the most lasting and profound philosophical works of all time--back cover.
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