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Malkuth: Kingdom - Practical Wisdom | Element: Air | Ethics, economics, craft, embodied knowledge
Paperback, 358 pages
English language
Published Feb. 15, 1987 by Prometheus Books.
The Nicomachean Ethics (Great Books in Philosophy)
by Aristóteles
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle finds he also has to examine what virtue itself is and all of the various virtues that might make up the best life.
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle finds he also has to examine what virtue itself is and all of the various virtues that might make up the best life.
Ben Waber reviewed Nicomachean Ethics by Aristóteles
A wide-ranging but Dated Ethical Treatise
3 stars
This collection of books on ethics by Aristotle is still included in many legal ethics required reading lists (which is where I found it), and it's easy to see why. These books clearly articulate the still dominant underlying ethical themes in Western thought.
Unsurprisingly, many sections of this book have not aged well - racism and sexism abound. Many of these examinations also strike as common sense today, although Aristotle makes the case for many ethical norms much more methodically than can be found in popular discourse. That and its foundational place in the ethics canon likely makes it still required reading for people interested in this area
This collection of books on ethics by Aristotle is still included in many legal ethics required reading lists (which is where I found it), and it's easy to see why. These books clearly articulate the still dominant underlying ethical themes in Western thought.
Unsurprisingly, many sections of this book have not aged well - racism and sexism abound. Many of these examinations also strike as common sense today, although Aristotle makes the case for many ethical norms much more methodically than can be found in popular discourse. That and its foundational place in the ethics canon likely makes it still required reading for people interested in this area
Moorlock reviewed The Nicomachean ethics by Aristóteles (The World's classics)
Review of 'The Nicomachean ethics' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I really liked the Ethics but didn't think this translation was particularly outstanding. I ended up supplementing my reading with many of the other public domain translations available through Google Books. I also liveblogged my study of the book, if you're interested.
I really liked the Ethics but didn't think this translation was particularly outstanding. I ended up supplementing my reading with many of the other public domain translations available through Google Books. I also liveblogged my study of the book, if you're interested.
Subjects
- Ancient Western philosophy to c 500
- Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Systems Of Ethics
- Aristotle
- Philosophy
- Early works to 1800
- Ethics