Eudemian Ethics
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Eudemian Ethics is one of Aristotle’s major works on moral philosophy, offering an account of virtue, happiness, and the good life closely related to but distinct from the Nicomachean Ethics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eudemian Ethics canonical | 6 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eudemian Ethics Context triple: [Nicomachean Ethics, followedBy, Eudemian Ethics]
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Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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De finibus bonorum et malorum
De finibus bonorum et malorum is a philosophical treatise by Cicero that examines and critiques major Hellenistic ethical theories concerning the highest good and the nature of moral ends.
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The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eudemian Ethics Target entity description: Eudemian Ethics is one of Aristotle’s major works on moral philosophy, offering an account of virtue, happiness, and the good life closely related to but distinct from the Nicomachean Ethics.
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A.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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B.
De finibus bonorum et malorum
De finibus bonorum et malorum is a philosophical treatise by Cicero that examines and critiques major Hellenistic ethical theories concerning the highest good and the nature of moral ends.
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C.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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D.
Philebus
Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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E.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical treatise
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philosophical work ⓘ work by Aristotle ⓘ |
| arguesThat | happiness is the highest human good ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| centralConcept | eudaimonia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| composedIn | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
contemplation
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doctrine of the mean ⓘ friendship ⓘ intellectual virtue ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ pleasure ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
happiness
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the good life ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasGreekTitle | Ηθικὰ Εὐδήμεια ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic ethical theory
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later virtue ethics ⓘ medieval Aristotelian ethics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eudemus of Rhodes ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 7 ⓘ |
| partlyOverlapsWith | Magna Moralia ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Aristotelian corpus ⓘ |
| sometimesAttributedTo | Eudemus of Rhodes ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical studies
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ethics curricula ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| textualRelation | shares three books with the Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ |
| topic |
human flourishing
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moral character ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ |
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