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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.
Introduction
Note on the Text and Translation
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Outline of The Nicomachean Ethics
THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
Book I The Human Good
Book II Moral Virtue
Book III Moral Virtue (Cont.)
Book IV Moral Virtue (Cont.)
Book V Justice
Book VI Intellectual Virtue
Book VII Continence and Invontinence: Pleasure
Book VIII Friendship
Book IX Friendship (Cont.)
Book X Pleasure, Happiness
Explanatory Notes
Glossary of Key Terms
Index
ISBN : 9780199213610
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