Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:author gptkb:Aristotle
gptkbp:dateWritten 4th century BCE
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Nicomachus
gptkbp:dividedInto 10 books
gptkbp:explores the distinction between voluntary and involuntary actions
the concept of akrasia (weakness of will)
the concept of justice
the function of human beings
the highest good (summum bonum)
the importance of community in ethical life
the importance of habituation in moral development
the nature of the good life
the relationship between ethics and politics
the relationship between virtue and happiness
the role of deliberation in moral action
the role of education in virtue
the role of external goods in happiness
the role of pleasure in the good life
the role of reason in ethics
the types of friendship
the difference between moral and intellectual virtues
gptkbp:genre ethics
gptkbp:hasConcept friendship
contemplation
intellectual virtue
moral virtue
practical wisdom
the Golden Mean
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
Western philosophy
medieval philosophy
modern virtue ethics
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:philosophicalSchool gptkb:Peripatetic_school
gptkbp:publishedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Eudemian_Ethics
gptkb:Magna_Moralia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
happiness
virtue ethics
eudaimonia
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:cardinal_virtues
gptkb:T._H._Irwin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7