Nicomachean ethics, books VIII and IX
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Nicomachean ethics, books VIII and IX
（Clarendon Aristotle series）
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1998
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-231) and index
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Description
In Books VIII and IX of his masterpiece of moral philosophy, the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives perhaps the most famous of all philosophical discussions of friendship. Michael Pakaluk presents the first systematic study in English of these books, showing how important Aristotle's treatment of friendship is to his ethics as a whole. Pakaluk's fresh and scrupulously accurate translation is accompanied by a detailed philosophical commentary which reveals
the remarkably coherent structure of the books and unfolds with lucidity the various arguments contained within Aristotle's terse and compressed text. Pakaluk looks at the logical form of Aristotle's analysis of friendship, at his subtle view of the relationship between friendship and justice, at the role of
reciprocity in friendship, at civic friendship and its relation to the family, and at the development of friendship out of self-love and reflexive consciousness. This volume will be a valuable tool for anyone studying Aristotle's ethics, especially readers with no Greek.
Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- TRANSLATION
- COMMENTARY
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
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