| Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction Contributor(s): Pakaluk, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521520681 ISBN-13: 9780521520683 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $55.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views while paying careful attention to his arguments, this introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy, offers a thorough examination of the entire work. The chapter on friendship captures Aristotle's doctrine with clarity and insight, and Michael Pakaluk develops 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 171.3 |
| LCCN: 2006271071 |
| Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.72" W x 8.54" (1.08 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pakaluk, Michael: - Michael Pakaluk is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Clark University, Massachusetts. He has published extensively in the history of philosophy, including Plato, Aquinas, Hume, and Reid, as well as in political philosophy. |