(Summary from Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. It is therefore practical rather than theoretical in the original Aristotelian senses of these terms. Aristotle describes his ethical work as being different from his other kinds of study, because it is not just for the sake of contemplating what things are, but rather to actually become good ourselves. Opinions about the relationship between the two works, for example which was written first, and which originally contained the three common books, is divided. Books V, VI, and VII of the Nicomachean Ethics are identical to Books IV, V, and VI of the Eudemian Ethics. In many ways this work parallels the similar Eudemian Ethics, which has only eight books, and the two works can be fruitfully compared. The work consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes said to be from his lectures at the Lyceum which were either edited by or dedicated to Aristotle's son, Nicomachus. Notes from Aristotle on Ethics by Khoi Nguyen VCE Philosophy 3/4 Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. LibriVox recording of The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle.
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