The Nicomachean ethics

• Verfasst von: Aristoteles [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The Nicomachean ethics
• Mitwirkende: Beresford, Adam [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Werktitel: Ethica Nicomachea
• Verf.angabe: Aristotle ; translated by Adam Beresford
• Verlagsort: [London] UK
• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: lvii, 469 pages
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Penguin classics
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Schrift/Sprache: Translated from the ancient Greek
• ISBN: 978-0-14-045547-2
• ISBN: 0-14-045547-7
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Ethics
• Sach-SW: Philosophy, Ancient
• Sach-SW: Early works
• K10plus-PPN: 1733674276

Abstract

What does it mean to be a good person? Aristotle's famous series of lectures on ethical topics ranges over fundamental questions about good and bad character; pleasure and self-control; moral wisdom and the foundations of right and wrong; friendship and love in all their forms - all set against a rich and humane conception of what makes for a flourishing life. Adam Beresford's freshly researched translation presents many of Aristotle's key terms and idioms in standard English for the first time, and faithfully preserves the unvarnished style of the original