Treatisec. 340 BCAncient Greek

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle

Aristotle's long treatment of how to live well. Introduces the five intellectual virtues (epistēmē, technē, phronēsis, sophia, nous) and grounds the rest of practical philosophy in them.

In Res

The five intellectual virtues — and phronēsis in particular — are load-bearing for Res's view of action. Knowing the right thing to do in this case, with these constraints, is its own kind of knowledge, not deducible from the general.

Subjects

  • ethics
  • virtue
  • practical wisdom
  • phronēsis
  • eudaimonia

Editions

  • 1999

    Paperback

    Hackett· English· 400 pp.

    ISBN-13 9780872204645