Reeve, C. D. C.

Action, Contemplation, and Happiness : An Essay on Aristotle. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (316 pages)

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.

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.

9780674065475


Aristotle.--Nicomachean ethics.--Book 6.
Ethics, Ancient.


Electronic books.

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