The Nicomachean Ethics

What it's about

Aristotle's lectures on how to live well: happiness as the aim of human life, virtue as a settled habit lying between extremes, and the roles of choice, justice, practical wisdom, self-control, friendship and contemplation. Ten books, in D. P. Chase's nineteenth-century translation.

Who it's for

- Anyone asking what a good life actually consists of - Readers interested in character, habit and self-improvement at their source - Students of ethics who want the foundation of virtue ethics

What’s inside

1. Book I
   Chapter I.

   5 min
2. Chapter II.

   2 min
3. Chapter III.

   7 min
4. Chapter IV.

   3 min
5. Chapter V.

   4 min
6. Chapter VI.

   4 min
7. Chapter VII.

   2 min
8. Chapter VIII.

   5 min
9. Chapter IX.

   1 min
10. Chapter X.

    2 min
11. Chapter XI.

    5 min
12. Book II
    Chapter I.

    3 min
13. Chapter II.

    6 min
14. Chapter III.

    2 min
15. Chapter IV.

    2 min
16. Chapter V.

    4 min
17. Chapter VI.

    2 min
18. Chapter VII.

    5 min
19. Chapter VIII.

    3 min
20. Chapter IX.

    3 min
21. Book III
    Chapter I.

    4 min
22. Chapter II.

    3 min
23. Chapter III.

    1 min
24. Chapter IV.

    3 min

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