Action, Contemplation, and Happiness : An Essay on Aristotle.

By:

Reeve, C. D. C

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674065475

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Action, Contemplation, and HappinessDDC classification:

171/.3

LOC classification:

B430 .R45 2012

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Editions -- 1. The Transmission of Form -- 2. Truth, Action, and Soul -- 3. Theoretical Wisdom -- 4. Virtue of Character -- 5. Practical Wisdom -- 6. Immortalizing Beings -- 7. Happiness -- 8. The Happiest Life -- Index of Passages -- General Index.

Summary: This accessible and innovative essay on Aristotle, based on fresh translations of a wide selection of his writings, challenges received interpretations of his accounts of practical wisdom, action, and contemplation and of their places in the happiest human life.

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This accessible and innovative essay on Aristotle, based on fresh translations of a wide selection of his writings, challenges received interpretations of his accounts of practical wisdom, action, and contemplation and of their places in the happiest human life.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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