Description: Further DetailsTitle: Aristotle's Nicomachean EthicsCondition: NewSubtitle: An IntroductionEAN: 9780521520683ISBN: 9780521520683Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/25/2005Description: 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 Argument, the Doctrine of the Mean, courage and other character virtues, Akrasia, and the two treatments of pleasure. There is also a useful section on how to read an Aristotelian text. This book will be invaluable for all student readers encountering one of the most important and influential works of Western philosophy.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 490gAuthor: Michael PakalukGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical TextsRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Title: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Subtitle: An Introduction
EAN: 9780521520683
ISBN: 9780521520683
Release Date: 08/25/2005
Release Year: 2005
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Publication Name: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics : an Introduction
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Michael Pakaluk
Subject Area: Philosophy
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect