The Nicomachean Ethics, 2nd Edition
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2009
Summary
‘Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.’
In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle’s guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is happiness, but he means, not something we feel, but rather a specially good kind of life. Happiness is made up of activities in which we use the best human capacities, both ones that contribute to our flourishing as members of a community, and ones that allow us to engage in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199213610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199213615 |
| Author: | Aristotle, David Ross, Lesley Brown |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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About The Author
Aristotle
Sir David Ross (1877-1971) was Provost of Oriel College and Deputy Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. He was General Editor of the complete Oxford Translation of Aristotle.
Lesley Brown has published articles on ancient philosophy and contributed introductory material to Plato, Selected Myths. She also introduced Plato’s Protagoras and Meno for Penguin Classics.
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