Aristotle (Ethics (Ready Reference series))

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Aristotle, an individual with encyclopedic knowledge, wrote on numerous topics, including physics, metaphysics, logic, ethics, politics, poetics, and rhetoric. In the area of ethics, his major works are the Nicomachean Ethics, the Eudemian Ethics, and the Politics. He claims that the purpose of the state is to provide for the intellectual and moral development of its citizens. The Nicomachean Ethics is considered to contain Aristotle’s mature moral theory.

The Good

Aristotle begins the Nicomachean Ethics by...

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