By Aristotle
Title note: unique name Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
Publish yr note: First released in 1980
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Happiness, then, is the simplest, noblest, and so much friendly factor within the world.
In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding query is: what's the smartest thing for a person? His solution is happiness, yet he skill, now not anything we think, yet fairly a especially strong type of life. Happiness is made from actions within which we use the easiest human capacities, either ones that give a contribution to our flourishing as contributors of a neighborhood, and ones that permit us to have interaction in god-like contemplation. modern moral writings at the position and significance of ethical virtues resembling braveness and justice have drawn thought from this paintings, which additionally comprises vital discussions on accountability for activities, at the nature of functional reasoning, and on friendship and its position in he top life.
This new edition keeps and evenly revises David Ross's justly well-known translation. it is usually a beneficial creation to this seminal paintings, and notes designed to clarify Aristotle's arguments.
This version includes:
● creation
● be aware on textual content and Translation
● Bibliography
● Chronology
● explanatory notes
● word list
● Index
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