Nicomachean Ethics

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Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of ethics ⓘ
aimsTo define the highest human good ⓘ
explain how to live well ⓘ
author Aristotle ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of Western philosophy ⓘ
centralConcept contemplation ⓘ
doctrine of the mean ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
function argument ⓘ
intellectual virtue ⓘ
involuntary action ⓘ
moral education ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
pleasure ⓘ
voluntary action ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
dividedInto Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book IX ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
Book VI ⓘ
Book VII ⓘ
Book VIII ⓘ
Book X ⓘ
fieldOfStudy ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
followedBy Eudemian Ethics ⓘ
Magna Moralia ⓘ
linked to: Moralia
hasForm lecture notes ⓘ
hasGenre ethical treatise ⓘ
influenced Alasdair MacIntyre ⓘ
Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval Christian ethics ⓘ
modern virtue ethics ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTopic eudaimonia ⓘ
happiness ⓘ
moral virtue ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
the good life ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
namedAfter Nicomachus ⓘ
originalTitle Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια ⓘ
linked to: Nicomachean Ethics
partOf Aristotle's ethical works ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
timeOfComposition 4th century BCE ⓘ

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