The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

This new edition of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is an accurate, readable and accessible translation of one of the world's greatest ethical works. Based on lectures Aristotle gave in Athens in the fourth century BCE, Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy, and

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

This work presents the Nicomachean Ethics in a fresh English translation by Christopher Rowe that strives to be meticulously accurate yet also accessible. The translation is accompanied by Sarah Broadie's detailed line-by-line commentary, which brings out the subtlety of Aristotle's thought as it

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

An Analysis of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Gellera Giovanni)(Paperback)

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

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more strictly philosophical topics of logic, metaphysics and ethics. To the poet Dante, he was simply 'the

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

A new translation of one of the most important philosophical works of all time A Penguin Classic 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

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Pevná vazba)

Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-47); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia

The Eudemian Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

A major treatise on moral philosophy by Aristotle, this is the first time the Eudemian Ethics has been published in its entirety in any modern language. Equally important, the volume has been translated by Sir Anthony Kenny, one of Britain's most distinguished academics and philosophers, and a

Aristotle and the Virtues (Curzer Howard J.)(Paperback)

Aristotle is the father of virtue ethics--a discipline which is receiving renewed scholarly attention. Yet Aristotle's accounts of the individual virtues remain opaque, for most contemporary commentators of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics have focused upon other matters. In contrast, Howard J

The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics (Russell Daniel C.)(Paperback)

Virtue ethics has emerged from a rich history, in which both Aristotle and Aquinas have played an important role, to become one of the fastest-growing fields in contemporary ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, leading moral philosophers offer a comprehensive overview of virtue

Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (Sanford Jonathan J.)(Paperback)

Classical virtue ethics, exemplified by Aristotle (d. 322 BC), asked: what can we know of human nature and the virtues by which it is perfected in order to live well? Dominant ethical theories today generally avoid the question of human nature, taking deontological (non-metaphysical) or utilitarian

Aristotle's politics": Second Edition" (Aristotle)(Paperback)

One of the fundamental works of Western political thought, Aristotle's masterwork is the first systematic treatise on the science of politics. For almost three decades, Carnes Lord's justly acclaimed translation has served as the standard English edition. Widely regarded as the most faithful to

Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens (Aristotle)(Paperback)

This new collection of Aristotle's political writings provides the student with all the necessary materials for a full understanding of his work as a political scientist. In addition to a revised and extended introduction, this expanded Cambridge Texts edition contains an extensive guide to further

The Politics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

'Man is by nature a political animal'In The Politics Aristotle addresses the questions that lie at the heart of political science. How should society be ordered to ensure the happiness of the individual? Which forms of government are best and how should they be maintained? By analysing a range of

The Metaphysics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge, declared Aristotle. The philosopher's works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or first philosophy, is divided into sections of previous philosophical thought and theories; a refutation of

The Metaphysics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of

The Basic Works of Aristotle (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle's works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon's The Basic Works of Aristotle-constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random

Aristotle: The Desire to Understand (Lear Jonathan)(Paperback)

This is a philosophical introduction to Aristotle, and Professor Lear starts where Aristotle himself started. He introduces us to the essence of Aristotle's philosophy and guides us through all the central Aristotelian texts--selected from the Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Politics and the

Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices (Aristotle)(Pevná vazba)

Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-47); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia

The Athenian Constitution (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government. The writer