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Nicomachean Ethics.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (714 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781624668173
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 171/.3
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Contents:
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- NICOMACHEAN ETHICS -- Book I -- 1. [Ends and goods] -- 2. [The highest good and political science] -- 3. [The method of political science] -- 4. [Common beliefs] -- 5. [The three lives] -- 6. [The Platonic Form of the Good] -- 7. [An account of the human good] -- 8. [Defence of the account of the good] -- 9. [How is happiness achieved?] -- 10. [Can we be happy during our lifetime?] -- 11. [How happiness can be affected after one's death] -- 12. [Praise and honour] -- 13. [Introduction to the virtues] -- Book II -- 1. [How a virtue of character is acquired] -- 2. [Habituation] -- 3. [The importance of pleasure and pain] -- 4. [Virtuous actions contrasted with virtuous character] -- 5. [Virtue of character: its genus] -- 6. [Virtue of character: its differentia] -- 7. [The particular virtues of character] -- 8. [Relations between mean and extreme states] -- 9. [How can we reach the mean?] -- Book III -- 1. [Voluntary action] -- 2. [Decision] -- 3. [Deliberation] -- 4. [Wish] -- 5. [Virtue and vice are in our power] -- 6. [Bravery: its scope] -- 7. [Bravery: its characteristic outlook] -- 8. [Conditions that resemble bravery] -- 9. [Feelings proper to bravery] -- 10. [Temperance: its scope] -- 11. [Temperance: its outlook] -- 12. [Intemperance] -- Book IV -- 1. [Generosity] -- 2. [Magnificence] -- 3. [Magnanimity] -- 4. [The virtue concerned with small honours] -- 5. [Calmness] -- 6. [Friendliness] -- 7. [Truthfulness] -- 8. [Wit] -- 9. [Shame] -- Book V -- 1. [Varieties of justice] -- 2. [Special justice contrasted with general] -- 3. [Justice in distribution] -- 4. [Justice in rectification] -- 5. [Justice in exchange] -- 6. [Political justice] -- 7. [Justice by nature and by law] -- 8. [Justice, injustice, and the voluntary].
9. [Puzzles about justice and injustice] -- 10. [Decency] -- 11. [Injustice to oneself] -- Book VI -- 1. [The mean and the virtues of thought] -- 2. [Thought, desire, and decision] -- 3. [Scientific knowledge] -- 4. [Craft knowledge] -- 5. [Prudence] -- 6. [Understanding] -- 7. [Wisdom contrasted with prudence] -- 8. [Types of prudence] -- 9. [Good deliberation] -- 10. [Comprehension] -- 11. [Practical thought and particulars] -- 12. [Puzzles about prudence and wisdom] -- 13. [Prudence and virtue of character] -- Book VII -- 1. [Virtue, vice, and incontinence] -- 2. [Puzzles about incontinence] -- 3. [Incontinence and ignorance] -- 4. [Simple incontinence] -- 5. [Bestiality and disease] -- 6. [Incontinence and related conditions] -- 7. [Incontinence, intemperance, and softness] -- 8. [Why intemperance is worse than incontinence] -- 9. [Continence] -- 10. [Answers to further questions about incontinence] -- 11. [Disputed questions about pleasure] -- 12. [Pleasure and good] -- 13. [Pleasure and happiness] -- 14. [Bodily pleasures] -- Book VIII -- 1. [Common beliefs and questions] -- 2. [The object of friendship] -- 3. [The three types of friendship] -- 4. [Comparison between the types of friendship] -- 5. [State and activity in friendship] -- 6. [Characteristic activities in the different types of friendship] -- 7. [Friendship between unequals] -- 8. [Giving and receiving in friendship] -- 9. [Friendship in communities] -- 10. [Political systems] -- 11. [Friendships in political systems] -- 12. [Friendships in families] -- 13. [Disputes in friendships between equals] -- 14. [Disputes in friendships between unequals] -- Book IX -- 1. [Friends with dissimilar aims] -- 2. [Conflicts between different types of friendships] -- 3. [Dissolution of friendships] -- 4. [Self-love and friendship] -- 5. [Goodwill and friendship] -- 6. [Friendship and concord].
7. [Active benevolence and friendship] -- 8. [Self-love and selfishness] -- 9. [Why do we need friends?] -- 10. [How many friends are needed?] -- 11. [Friends in good and ill fortune] -- 12. [Shared activity in friendship] -- Book X -- 1. [The right approach to pleasure] -- 2. [Arguments about pleasure] -- 3. [Pleasure is a good, but not the good] -- 4. [Pleasure is an activity] -- 5. [Pleasures differ in kind] -- 6. [Conditions for happiness] -- 7. [Happiness and theoretical study] -- 8. [Theoretical study and the other virtues] -- 9. [Moral education] -- Notes -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Further Reading -- Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing.
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- NICOMACHEAN ETHICS -- Book I -- 1. [Ends and goods] -- 2. [The highest good and political science] -- 3. [The method of political science] -- 4. [Common beliefs] -- 5. [The three lives] -- 6. [The Platonic Form of the Good] -- 7. [An account of the human good] -- 8. [Defence of the account of the good] -- 9. [How is happiness achieved?] -- 10. [Can we be happy during our lifetime?] -- 11. [How happiness can be affected after one's death] -- 12. [Praise and honour] -- 13. [Introduction to the virtues] -- Book II -- 1. [How a virtue of character is acquired] -- 2. [Habituation] -- 3. [The importance of pleasure and pain] -- 4. [Virtuous actions contrasted with virtuous character] -- 5. [Virtue of character: its genus] -- 6. [Virtue of character: its differentia] -- 7. [The particular virtues of character] -- 8. [Relations between mean and extreme states] -- 9. [How can we reach the mean?] -- Book III -- 1. [Voluntary action] -- 2. [Decision] -- 3. [Deliberation] -- 4. [Wish] -- 5. [Virtue and vice are in our power] -- 6. [Bravery: its scope] -- 7. [Bravery: its characteristic outlook] -- 8. [Conditions that resemble bravery] -- 9. [Feelings proper to bravery] -- 10. [Temperance: its scope] -- 11. [Temperance: its outlook] -- 12. [Intemperance] -- Book IV -- 1. [Generosity] -- 2. [Magnificence] -- 3. [Magnanimity] -- 4. [The virtue concerned with small honours] -- 5. [Calmness] -- 6. [Friendliness] -- 7. [Truthfulness] -- 8. [Wit] -- 9. [Shame] -- Book V -- 1. [Varieties of justice] -- 2. [Special justice contrasted with general] -- 3. [Justice in distribution] -- 4. [Justice in rectification] -- 5. [Justice in exchange] -- 6. [Political justice] -- 7. [Justice by nature and by law] -- 8. [Justice, injustice, and the voluntary].

9. [Puzzles about justice and injustice] -- 10. [Decency] -- 11. [Injustice to oneself] -- Book VI -- 1. [The mean and the virtues of thought] -- 2. [Thought, desire, and decision] -- 3. [Scientific knowledge] -- 4. [Craft knowledge] -- 5. [Prudence] -- 6. [Understanding] -- 7. [Wisdom contrasted with prudence] -- 8. [Types of prudence] -- 9. [Good deliberation] -- 10. [Comprehension] -- 11. [Practical thought and particulars] -- 12. [Puzzles about prudence and wisdom] -- 13. [Prudence and virtue of character] -- Book VII -- 1. [Virtue, vice, and incontinence] -- 2. [Puzzles about incontinence] -- 3. [Incontinence and ignorance] -- 4. [Simple incontinence] -- 5. [Bestiality and disease] -- 6. [Incontinence and related conditions] -- 7. [Incontinence, intemperance, and softness] -- 8. [Why intemperance is worse than incontinence] -- 9. [Continence] -- 10. [Answers to further questions about incontinence] -- 11. [Disputed questions about pleasure] -- 12. [Pleasure and good] -- 13. [Pleasure and happiness] -- 14. [Bodily pleasures] -- Book VIII -- 1. [Common beliefs and questions] -- 2. [The object of friendship] -- 3. [The three types of friendship] -- 4. [Comparison between the types of friendship] -- 5. [State and activity in friendship] -- 6. [Characteristic activities in the different types of friendship] -- 7. [Friendship between unequals] -- 8. [Giving and receiving in friendship] -- 9. [Friendship in communities] -- 10. [Political systems] -- 11. [Friendships in political systems] -- 12. [Friendships in families] -- 13. [Disputes in friendships between equals] -- 14. [Disputes in friendships between unequals] -- Book IX -- 1. [Friends with dissimilar aims] -- 2. [Conflicts between different types of friendships] -- 3. [Dissolution of friendships] -- 4. [Self-love and friendship] -- 5. [Goodwill and friendship] -- 6. [Friendship and concord].

7. [Active benevolence and friendship] -- 8. [Self-love and selfishness] -- 9. [Why do we need friends?] -- 10. [How many friends are needed?] -- 11. [Friends in good and ill fortune] -- 12. [Shared activity in friendship] -- Book X -- 1. [The right approach to pleasure] -- 2. [Arguments about pleasure] -- 3. [Pleasure is a good, but not the good] -- 4. [Pleasure is an activity] -- 5. [Pleasures differ in kind] -- 6. [Conditions for happiness] -- 7. [Happiness and theoretical study] -- 8. [Theoretical study and the other virtues] -- 9. [Moral education] -- Notes -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Further Reading -- Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing.

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