Nicomachean Ethics

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Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.

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instanceOf philosophical treatise
work of ethics
aimsTo define the highest human good
explain how to live well
author Aristotle
canonicalStatus major work of Western philosophy
centralConcept contemplation
doctrine of the mean
friendship
function argument
intellectual virtue
involuntary action
moral education
moral responsibility
pleasure
voluntary action
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
dividedInto Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book IX
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book X
fieldOfStudy ethics
moral philosophy
followedBy Eudemian Ethics
Magna Moralia
linked to: Moralia
hasForm lecture notes
hasGenre ethical treatise
influenced Alasdair MacIntyre
Elizabeth Anscombe
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval Christian ethics
modern virtue ethics
language Ancient Greek
mainTopic eudaimonia
happiness
moral virtue
practical wisdom
the good life
virtue ethics
namedAfter Nicomachus
originalTitle Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
linked to: Nicomachean Ethics
partOf Aristotle's ethical works
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy
timeOfComposition 4th century BCE

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Organon contrastedWith Aristotle’s Ethics
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Renaissance Aristotelians studied Aristotle’s ethics
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