The Nicomachean Ethics
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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Previously published as Ethics, Aristotle’s The Nicomachean Ethics addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by J.A.K. Thomson with revisions and notes by Hugh Tredennick, and an introduction and bibliography by Jonathan Barnes.

‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’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. Aristotle (384-22 BC) studied at the Academy of Plato for 20 years and then established his own school and research institute, ‘The Lyceum’.

His writings, which were of extraordinary range, profoundly affected the whole course of ancient and medieval philosophy and are still eagerly studied and debated by philosophers today. If you enjoyed The Nicomachean Ethics, you might like Plato’s The Symposium, also available in Penguin Classics.

  • Classifications: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500,
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 400 pages

ISBN : 9780140449495

Published : 29 Jan 2004

Author : Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd

Size : 197 x 129 x 23 (mm)

Weight : 294g

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