The Nicomachean ethics / Aristotle; translated by Harris Rackham & introduction by Stephen Watt
By: Aristotle
Contributor(s): Rackham, Harris [translator] | Watt, Stephen [writer of introduction]
Language: English Series: Wordsworth classics of world literaturePublisher: Ware, Hertfordshire ; Wordsworth Editions Limited : 1996Description: xxiv, 287 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: .; 9781853264610Uniform titles: Nicomachean ethics. English Subject(s): Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics | Ethics, AncientDDC classification: 171.3 Summary: Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has had the most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more strictly philosophical topics of logic, metaphysics and ethics. To the poet Dante, he was simply 'the master of those who know'. The Ethics contains his views on what makes a good human life. While the work continues to stimulate and challenge modern philosophers, the general course of the argument is easily accessible to the non-specialist. Both as a key influence in the history of ideas and as a work containing unique insights into the human condition, this is a book that simply demands to be read| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has had the most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more strictly philosophical topics of logic, metaphysics and ethics. To the poet Dante, he was simply 'the master of those who know'. The Ethics contains his views on what makes a good human life. While the work continues to stimulate and challenge modern philosophers, the general course of the argument is easily accessible to the non-specialist. Both as a key influence in the history of ideas and as a work containing unique insights into the human condition, this is a book that simply demands to be read
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