Medieval Greek Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics

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Medieval Greek Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Charles E. Barber

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004173934

Category: Philosophy

Page: 245

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Given the enduring importance of Aristotle s "Nicomachean Ethics," it is remarkable to find that there is no extensive surviving commentary on this text from the period between the second century and the twelfth century. This volume is focused on the first of the medieval commentaries, that produced in the early twelfth century by Eustratios of Nicaea, Michael of Ephesus, and an anonymous author in Constantinople. This endeavor was to have a significant impact on the reception of the "Nicomachean Ethics" in Latin and Catholic Europe. For, in the mid-thirteenth century, Robert Grosseteste translated into Latin a manuscript that contained these Byzantine commentators. Both Albertus Magnus and Bonaventure then used this translation as a basis for their discussions of Aristotle's book. Contributors are George Arabatzis, Charles Barber, Linos Benakis, Elizabeth Fisher, Peter Frankopan, Katerina Ierodiakonou, David Jenkins, Anthony Kaldellis and Michele Trizio.

The Nicomachean Ethics

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The Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Aristotle

Publisher: Penguin UK

ISBN: 9780141395241

Category: Philosophy

Page: 400

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One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation. Aristotle's classic treatise is based on his famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency. Reacting against Plato's absolutism, Aristotle insisted that there are no definitive moral standards, and that ethical philosophy must be based on human nature and experience. Treating such topics as moral worth, intellectual virtue, pleasure, friendship, and happiness, Aristotle's work asks above all: what is the good life and how can we live it?

Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics'

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Aristotle's 'Nicomachean Ethics'

Author: Christopher Warne

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781441113504

Category: Philosophy

Page: 166

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, based on lectures that he gave in Athens in the fourth century BCE, is one of the most significant works of moral philosophy ever written. Aristotle, though of course influenced by the works of Plato, diverges sharply from his predecessor by making the practice, rather than the possession, of virtue the key to human happiness. By converting ethics from a theoretical to a practical science, and by introducing psychology into his study of behaviour, Aristotle both widened the field of moral philosophy and simultaneously made it more accessible to anyone who seeks an understanding of human nature. The theory of 'Virtue Ethics' Aristotle put forward still continues to be a major position of ethical thought to this day, his influence being strongly present in the work of Elizabeth Anscombe, Phillipa Foot and Alisdair McIntyre.

Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”

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Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”

Author: Otfried Höffe

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789047444800

Category: Philosophy

Page: 275

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Anyone interested in theories of moral or human practice will find in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics one of the few basic models relevant through to today. At the centre of his analysis, both sober and cautious, are such concepts as happiness, virtue, choice, prudence, incontinence, pleasure and friendship. Aristotle’s arguments are by no means of merely historical interest, but continue to exert a key influence on present-day ethical debate.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Jon Miller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781139500203

Category: Philosophy

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most important ethical treatises ever written, and has had a profound influence on the subsequent development of ethics and moral psychology. This collection of essays, written by both senior and younger scholars in the field, presents a thorough and close examination of the work. The essays address a broad range of issues including the compositional integrity of the Ethics, the nature of desire, the value of emotions, happiness and the virtues. The result is a volume which will challenge and advance the scholarship on the Ethics, establishing new ways of viewing and appreciating the work for all scholars of Aristotle.

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Aristotle

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781107039605

Category: Philosophy

Page: 257

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This new edition provides an accurate, readable and accessible translation of one of the world's greatest ethical works, enabling readers to come close to Aristotle's original. Primarily for non-Greek readers, this book is also of wider interest to students and scholars of ethics, ancient philosophy, Aristotle and classics.

An Analysis of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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An Analysis of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Giovanni Gellera

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781351352550

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 106

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Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development. Over two millennia later, his thorough exploration of virtue, reason, and the ultimate human good still forms the basis of the values at the heart of Western civilization. According to Aristotle, the ultimate human good is eudaimonia, or happiness, which comes from a life of virtuous action. He argues that virtues like justice, restraint, and practical wisdom cannot simply be taught but must be developed over time by cultivating virtuous habits, which can be developed by using practical wisdom and recognizing the desirable middle ground between extremes of human behavior.

The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

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The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Richard Kraut

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 9781405153140

Category: Philosophy

Page: 384

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The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethicsilluminates Aristotle’s ethics for both academics andstudents new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays bydistinguished international scholars. The structure of the book mirrors the organization of theNichomachean Ethics itself. Discusses the human good, the general nature of virtue, thedistinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness,self-control, and pleasure.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII

Author: Aristoteles

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

ISBN: 9780199558445

Category: Philosophy

Page: 305

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A distinguished international team of scholars under the editorship of Carlo Natali have collaborated to produce a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of the most influential texts in the history of moral philosophy. The seventh book of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics discusses weakness of will in its first ten chapters, then turns in the last four chapters to pleasure and its relation to the supreme human good.

Investigating the Relationship Between Aristotle’s Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics

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Investigating the Relationship Between Aristotle’s Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Giulio Di Basilio

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000601251

Category: History

Page: 288

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Specifically focusing on the relationship between the Eudemian and the Nicomachean Ethics, this collection of essays studies major themes from Aristotle’s ethics. This volume builds on a recent revival of interest in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics, which offers an invaluable complement to the Nicomachean Ethics in the study of the development of Aristotle's ethical ideas. It brings together a series of new studies by leading scholars covering the main points of inquiry raised by the relationship between the two works, exploring their continuities and divergences. At the same time, it showcases a variety of approaches to and perspectives on the main questions posed by Aristotle’s ethical thought. Investigating the Relationship Between Aristotle’s Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics is offered as a contribution to long-standing debates over Aristotle's ethical thinking, as well as an inspiration for new approaches, which take both of his surviving ethical treatises seriously. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient philosophy and ethics, particularly Aristotle’s two ethics.

The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics

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The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Akasoy

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789047415565

Category: Philosophy

Page: 638

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Critical edition of the Arabic Nicomachean Ethics including an introduction on the influence of this major Aristotelian work on Arabic literature, as well as an annotated English translation, both by the late Douglas M. Dunlop.