The Nicomachean Ethics
- Author Aristotle
- Narrator Wanda McCaddon
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 8 hours and 45 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy.
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Named for Aristotle's son, Nicomachus, who was the first to edit this work, The Nicomachean Ethics plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. In the ten books of this work, Aristotle explains the good life for man: the life of happiness.
For Aristotle, happiness exists when the soul is in accordance with virtue. Virtue exists in a deliberate choice of actions that take a middle course between excess and deficiency; this is the famous doctrine of the "golden mean." Courage, for example, is the mean between cowardice and rashness. Justice is the mean between a man's getting more or less than his due. The supreme happiness, according to Aristotle, is to be found in a life of philosophical contemplation or, at least, in a virtuous life of political activity and public munificence.
A student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the towering figures in Western thought.
Critics Review
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“Very useful as a cornerstone for our discussion of ethics and the Western moral tradition.”
Dominic A. Aquila, Rochester Institute of Technology -
“An essential classic in the field of ethics.”
Claudia Card, University of Wisconsin
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