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Nicomachean ethics / Aristotle ; translated, with introduction, notes, and glossary by Terence Irwin.

Author/creator Aristotle author.
Other author/creatorIrwin, Terence, translator.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionThird edition.
Publication Info Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2019]
Copyright Notice ©2019
Description1 online resource (xxxiv, 444 pages)
Supplemental Content ProQuest Ebook Central
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Uniform titleNicomachean ethics. English (Irwin)
Contents Preface -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- NICOMACHEAN ETHICS / Book I ; [Ends and goods] -- 2 [The highest good and political science] -- 3 [The method of political science] -- 4 [Common beliefs] -- 5 [The three lives] -- 6 [The Platonic Form of the Good] -- 7 [An account of the human good] -- 8 [Defence of the account of the good] -- 9 [How is happiness achieved?] -- 10 [Can we be happy during our lifetime?] -- 11 [How happiness can be affected after one's death] -- 12 [Praise and honour] -- 13 [Introduction to the virtues] -- Book II ; 1 [How a virtue of character is acquired] -- 2 [Habituation] -- 3 [The importance of pleasure and pain] -- 4 [Virtuous actions contrasted with virtuous character] -- 5 [Virtue of character: its genus] -- 6 [Virtue of character: its differentia] -- 7 [The particular virtues of character] -- 8 [Relations between mean and extreme states] -- 9 [How can we reach the mean?] -- Book III ; 1 [Voluntary action] -- 2 [Decision] -- 3 [Deliberation] -- 4 [Wish] -- 5 [Virtue and vice are in our power] -- 6 [Bravery: its scope] -- 7 [Bravery: its characteristic outlook] -- 8 [Conditions that resemble bravery] -- 9 [Feelings proper to bravery] -- 10 [Temperance: its scope] -- 11 [Temperance: its outlook] -- 12 [Intemperance] -- Book IV ; 1 [Generosity] -- 2 [Magnificence] -- 3 [Magnanimity] -- 4 [The virtue concerned with small honours] -- 5 [Calmness] -- 6 [Friendliness] -- 7 [Truthfulness] -- 8 [Wit] -- 9 [Shame] -- Book V ; 1 [Varieties of justice] -- 2 [Special justice contrasted with general] -- 3 [Justice in distribution] -- 4 [Justice in rectification] -- 5 [Justice in exchange] -- 6 [Political justice] -- 7 [Justice by nature and by law] -- 8 [Justice, injustice, and the voluntary] -- 9 [Puzzles about justice and injustice] -- 10 [Decency] -- 11 [Injustice to oneself] -- Book VI ; 1 [The mean and the virtues of thought] -- 2 [Thought, desire, and decision] -- 3 [Scientific knowledge] -- 4 [Craft knowledge] -- 5 [Prudence] -- 6 [Understanding] -- 7 [Wisdom contrasted with prudence] -- 8 [Types of prudence] -- 9 [Good deliberation] -- 10 [Comprehension] -- 11 [Practical thought and particulars] -- 12 [Puzzles about prudence and wisdom] -- 13 [Prudence and virtue of character] -- Book VII ; 1 [Virtue, vice, and incontinence] -- 2 [Puzzles about incontinence] -- 3 [Incontinence and ignorance] -- 4 [Simple incontinence] -- 5 [Bestiality and disease] -- 6 [Incontinence and related conditions] -- 7 [Incontinence, intemperance, and softness] -- 8 [Why intemperance is worse than incontinence] -- 9 [Continence] -- 10 [Answers to further questions about incontinence] -- 11 [Disputed questions about pleasure] -- 12 [Pleasure and good] -- 13 [Pleasure and happiness] -- 14 [Bodily pleasures] -- Book VIII ; 1 [Common beliefs and questions] -- 2 [The object of friendship] -- 3 [The three types of friendship] -- 4 [Comparison between the types of friendship] -- 5 [State and activity in friendship] -- 6 [Characteristic activities in the different types of friendship] -- 7 [Friendship between unequals] -- 8 [Giving and receiving in friendship] -- 9 [Friendship in communities] -- 10 [Political systems] -- 11 [Friendships in political systems] -- 12 [Friendships in families] -- 13 [Disputes in friendships between equals] -- 14 [Disputes in friendships between unequals] -- Book IX ; 1 [Friends with dissimilar aims] -- 2 [Conflicts between different types of friendships] -- 3 [Dissolution of friendships] -- 4 [Self-love and friendship] -- 5 [Goodwill and friendship] -- 6 [Friendship and concord] -- 7 [Active benevolence and friendship] -- 8 [Self-love and selfishness] -- 9 [Why do we need friends?] -- 10 [How many friends are needed?] -- 11 [Friends in good and ill fortune] -- 12 [Shared activity in friendship] -- Book X ; 1 [The right approach to pleasure] -- 2 [Arguments about pleasure] -- [Pleasure is a good, but not the good] -- 4 [Pleasure is an activity] -- 5 [Pleasures differ in kind] -- 6 [Conditions for happiness] -- 7 [Happiness and theoretical study] -- 8 [Theoretical study and the other virtues] -- 9 [Moral education] -- Notes -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Further Reading
Abstract "Terence Irwin's edition of the Nicomachean Ethics offers more aids to the reader than are found in any modern English translation. It includes an Introduction, headings to help the reader follow the argument, explanatory notes on difficult or important passages, and a full glossary explaining Aristotle's technical terms. The Third Edition offers additional revisions of the translation as well as revised and expanded versions of the notes, glossary, and Introduction. Also new is an appendix featuring translated selections from related texts of Aristotle."--ProQuest Ebook Central
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics. English (Irwin). Nicomachean ethics. Third edition. Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2019] 9781624668159
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