The Nicomachean Ethics

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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ISBN: 9780140449495
author: Aristotle
translator: Hugh Tredennick / J. A. K. Thomson
book format: Paperback
publishing house: Penguin Classics
publication date: 2004 -3
series: Penguin Classics
binding: Paperback
price: USD 11.00
number of pages: 400

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Aristotle    translator: Hugh Tredennick / J. A. K. Thomson

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Of Aristotle's works, few have had as lasting an influence on subsequent Western thought as The Nicomachean Ethics. In it, he argues that happiness consists in “activity of the soul in accordance with virtue,” defining “virtue” as both moral (courage, generosity, and justice) and intellectual (knowledge, wisdom, and insight). Aristotle also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the different forms of friendship, and the relationship between individual virtue and the state. Featuring a lucid translation, a new introduction, updated suggestions for further reading, and a chronology of Aristotle's life and works, this is the authoritative edition of a seminal intellectual masterpiece.

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