Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle - The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Ideas central to ethics-that happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudence-found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called "the Philosopher." Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle's thought, Robert...

Combined in this volume are two works by Aristotle, On the Heavens and On Generation and Corruption. The first work, On the Heavens is Aristotle's cosmological treatise, in which Aristotle details his astronomical theories. The second work, On Generation and Corruption, is a work of science philosophy. Building upon his arguments in Physics, Aristotle poses the question as to whether or not the act of something coming into being is the result of a...

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato. He taught Alexander the Great, and wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and...

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Nicomachean Ethics moves beyond the purely theoretical analysis of moral philosophy by examining its practical application. It is one of the world's great books by Aristotle. Aristotle is well, known for the precision with which he chooses his words, and in this elegant translation, his work has found its ideal match. Aristotelian ethics is, concerned with how an individual should best live their life and at its core asserts the idea that the most...

Nicomachean Ethics focuses on the importance of habitually behaving virtuously and developing a virtuous character. Aristotle emphasized the importance of context to ethical behavior, and the ability of the virtuous person to recognize the best course of action. Aristotle argued that happiness and well being is the goal of life, and that a person's pursuit of such, rightly conceived, will result in virtuous conduct. "EVERY art and every inquiry, and...

In Metaphysik argumentiert Aristoteles (gegen Platons Annahme von abstrakten Entitäten) zunächst dafür, dass die konkreten Einzeldinge (wie Sokrates) die Substanzen, d.h. das Grundlegende aller Wirklichkeit sind. Dies ergänzt er um seine spätere Lehre, wonach die Substanz konkreter Einzeldinge ihre Form ist. Aristoteles (384-322) gehört zu den bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Philosophen der Geschichte. Sein Lehrer war Platon, doch hat Aristoteles...

The work "poetics" was created by Classical Greek polymath, known as the founder of classical logic, Aristotle (384-322 BC). Aristotle is the greatest of philosophers of the ancient world, whose authority was unshakeable in the Middle Ages too, when the church rejected all heritage of ancient Greece as a pagan one. In his philosophical conception there already were many elements of materialism.

"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 on previous philosophical thought and theories; a refutation of skepticism; a demonstration of God's existence; an examination of the relation of metaphysics to the other sciences; an elucidation of the nature of the infinite;...

Jonathan Barnes taught at the universities of Oxford, Geneva, and Paris-Sorbonne. He has published extensively on ancient philosophy and is the editor of The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation (Princeton). Anthony Kenny is a philosopher, former president of the British Academy, former master of Balliol College, University of Oxford, and the author of more than forty books, including A New History of Western Philosophy. Aristotle's...