Reason and Character: The Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy

by Lorraine Smith Pangle

A close and selective commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, offering a novel interpretation of Aristotle's teachings on the relation between reason and moral virtue.

What does it mean to live a good life or a happy life, and what part does reason play in the quest for fulfillment? Lorraine Smith Pangle shows how Aristotle's arguments for virtue as the core of happiness and for reason as the guide to virtue emerge in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022668816X
• ISBN13: 9780226688169
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"