The Nicomachean Ethics
$18.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
26 October 2003
Summary
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 individu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449495 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449493 |
| Author: | Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes, Hugh Tredennick, J.A.K. Thomson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Aristotle
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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