The study of Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics is useful today in part because it deals with a question-the nature of human happiness-whose relevance is obvious. But in dealing with that question, Book ...

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a classic work of philosophy, especially in virtue ethics. I hope this video can help guide you through the book and help you read it for yourself. Topics include ...

As is often noted, piety is not among the list of moral and intellectual virtues mentioned by Aristotle in the Ethics. I argue that this is neither an oversight on Aristotle’s part nor a subtle way ...

In recent decades the view that the disputed central books of Aristotle's ethics are an integral part of the Eudemian rather than of the Nicomachean Ethics has gained ground for both historical and ...

It is part of a passage in which Durant helps to elucidate a concept first outlined in Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics." Durant wrote the quote, not Aristotle.

In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle states that it is a fact that “all knowledge and every pursuit aims at some good,” but then continues, “What then do we mean by the good?” That, in ...

The deepest, wisest, and (arguably) most relevant exploration of human flourishing and its connection with human excellence may be found in Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics,” the truth (s) of ...