Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the "Nicomachean Ethics"

by Ronna Burger

Book Overview

What is the good life for a human being? Aristotle's exploration of this question in the Nicomachean Ethics has established it as a founding work of Western philosophy, though its teachings have long puzzled readers and provoked spirited discussion. Adopting a radically new point of view, Ronna Burger deciphers some of the most perplexing conundrums of this influential treatise by approaching it as Aristotle's dialogue with the Platonic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226080528
• ISBN13: 9780226080529
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"