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The Nicomachean Ethics de Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

Autor Aristotle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 noi 2016
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. Here Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness, and argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul in accordance with virtue', including 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.
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ISBN-13: 9781684220441
ISBN-10: 1684220440
Pagini: 346
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Martino Fine Books

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Aristotle is one of the most widely recognized Greek philosophers of the Classical period. A polymath from Ancient Greece, Aristotle was taught by Plato and is known to be the founder of the Lyceum and Aristotelian tradition.

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'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 god-like contemplation. Contemporary ethical writings on the role and importance of the moral virtues such as courage and justice have drawn inspiration from this work, which also contains important discussions on responsibility for actions, on the nature of practical reasoning, and on friendship and its role in the best life. This new edition retains and lightly revises David Ross's justly admired translation. It also includes a valuable introduction to this seminal work, and notes designed to elucidate Aristotle's arguments. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Aristotle: A Brief Chronology
Aristotle in the History of Philosophy: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Translation

Nicomachean Ethics
  • Book I: Human Happiness and Virtuous Action
  • Book II: Moral Virtue and the Mean
  • Book III: Choice, Deliberation, and Moral Virtue
  • Book IV: The Moral Virtues as Social Virtues
  • Book V: Justice
  • Book VI: The Intellectual Virtues
  • Book VII: Self-Control and Lack of Self-Control
  • Book VIII: Friendship
  • Book IX: Friendship and Our Duties to Others
  • Book X: Pleasure and the Pursuit of Knowledge
Appendix A: The Main Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics
Appendix B: The Functions of a Human Being and the Virtues They Require
Appendix C: Selections from Aristotle’s Politics, Book I
Appendix D: Selections from Plato’s Republic, Book I
  • 1. Thrasymachus’ Speech on the Nature of Justice (338d–344d)
  • 2. Plato on Function and Virtue (352d–354a)
Appendix E: Selections from Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law
  • 1. From Article 2: Does Natural Law Contain Many Precepts or Just One?
  • 2. From Article 4: Is There One Natural Law for All People?
  • 3. Article 5: Can the Natural Law Be Changed?
Glossary of Key Terms
Select Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"Sachs’s translations of Aristotle are truly exemplary. They combine a rare sensitivity to Aristotle’s use of the Greek language with an English style that is straightforward and imaginative. But what makes Sachs’s translations even more noteworthy is their attunement to the thought that is indicated by Aristotle’s words, an attunement born of a profound awareness of the untranslatability of this thought into modern philosophical concepts. For anyone seriously interested in Aristotle’s philosophy, Sachs’s translations are indispensable."
—Burt Hopkins, Seattle University

"Sachs’s translations are unequaled in making accessible to Greekless readers an Aristotle undistorted by the influence of Latin. In addition, his helpful glossaries not only explain his own translational choices, but also inform readers of common alternatives, thereby enabling them to cope with the secondary literature. His are my translations of choice, for both introductory and advanced courses."
—Alan White, Williams College

The Focus Philosophical Library publishes clear, faithful editions by renowned scholars and teachers enabling access for modern students to essential ideas and wisdom of the world’s greatest thinkers.
Renowned philosophy professor Joe Sachs presents an accessible and faithful translation; an inspirational addition to the Focus Philosophical Library. Other Joe Sachs titles available from Focus Publishing:
Plato: Republic
Plato: Gorgias and Aristotle: Rhetoric
Aristotle: Poetics
Plato: Theaetetus
Socrates and The Sophists

"Sachs’s translations of Aristotle are truly exemplary. They combine a rare sensitivity to Aristotle’s use of the Greek language with an English style that is straightforward and imaginative. But what makes Sachs’s translations even more noteworthy is their attunement to the thought that is indicated by Aristotle’s words, an attunement born of a profound awareness of the untranslatability of this thought into modern philosophical concepts. For anyone seriously interested in Aristotle’s philosophy, Sachs’s translations are indispensable."
 —Burt Hopkins, Seattle University

"Sachs’s translations are unequaled in making accessible to Greekless readers an Aristotle undistorted by the influence of Latin. In addition, his helpful glossaries not only explain his own translational choices, but also inform readers of common alternatives, thereby enabling them to cope with the secondary literature. His are my translations of choice, for both introductory and advanced courses."
—Alan White, Williams College