Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction

by Michael Pakaluk

Book Overview

This is an engaging and accessible introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy. Michael Pakaluk offers a thorough and lucid examination of the entire work, uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views while paying careful attention to his arguments. The chapter on friendship captures Aristotle's doctrine with clarity and insight, and Pakaluk gives original and compelling interpretations of the Function...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521817420
• ISBN13: 9780521817424
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.8"