What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all set against a rich and humane conception of what makes for a flourishing life. Adam Beresford's freshly researched translation presents many of Aristotle's key terms and...

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...

The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the 'philosophy of human affairs;' but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author's whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge...

In “De Anima”, Aristotle seeks to uncover what separates the living from the dead. He steers a course between two extremes, with all of reality as nothing more than atoms on one side and the mind as independent from the body on the other side. Ultimately, he invents a third kind of position that views mental phenomena to be thoroughly dependent on, though not reducible to, physical events.

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...

"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;...

El filósofo griego Aristóteles es considerado, al igual que Platón (de quien fue discípulo), pionero y padre de la filosofía occidental. Por lo sistemático de sus estudios, el rigor con el que los llevaba a cabo y la diversidad de los campos que abarcó, se considera también uno de los primeros investigadores científicos dentro del concepto moderno del término. Puede afirmarse que sus ideas han influenciado el pensamiento intelectual en occidente...

Aristóteles (384 A.C.-322 A.C.) fue un filósofo, polímata y científico nacido en la ciudad de Estagira, al norte de la Antigua Grecia. Es considerado junto a Platón, el padre de la filosofía occidental. Sus ideas han ejercido una enorme influencia sobre la historia intelectual de Occidente por más de dos milenios. Aristóteles expuso en su obra Ética a Nicómaco sus reflexiones éticas más relevantes. La obra está dividida en 10 libros,...

The ancient Greek philosopher's classic work on happiness and its roots in virtue and good character. How should we live? What is the importance of such qualities as courage, generosity, and wisdom? The man who would become one of the greatest influences on Western thinking about morality explores these questions and delves into topics such as practical reasoning, friendship, pleasure, and our role in society and government. This is a classic work...

Der dritte Band der Philosophischen Schriften enthält die deutsche Übersetzung der Nikomachischen Ethik. Ihr Gegenstand ist das ›tätige Leben‹ des Menschen (als eines aus Leib und Seele zusammengesetzten Ganzen): Gerechtigkeit, Tapferkeit und andere Tugenden in allem Handeln mit dem Ziel zu verwirklichen, ein Höchstmaß an Glückseligkeit zu erlangen. Die Ethiken des Aristoteles bilden die ersten grundlegenden und umfassenden Analysen zur...