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The Nicomachean Ethics
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The Nicomachean Ethics Mp3 cd - 2001

by Aristotle; David Ross (Translator); Read by Wanda McCaddon


Summary

This text gives great insight to the history of philosophy, and changes the way you think about ethics and morals. Excellent philosophical reading. A very important book for anyone who takes interest in their beliefs. Please note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficutl to decipher. This eBook has bookmarks at chaper headings and is printable.

From the publisher

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.

Details

  • Title The Nicomachean Ethics
  • Author Aristotle; David Ross (Translator); Read by Wanda McCaddon
  • Binding MP3 CD
  • Edition MP3
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackstone Audiobooks
  • Date August 2001
  • Features Unabridged
  • ISBN 9780786195169 / 0786195169
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (19.05 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 171.3