Happy Lives and the Highest Good : : An Essay on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics / / Gabriel Richardson Lear.
Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. Many scholars oppos...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Introduction
- Chapter Two. The Finality Criterion
- Chapter Three. The Self-Sufficiency Of Happiness
- Chapter Four. Acting For The Sake Of An Object Of Love
- Chapter Five. Theoretical And Practical Reason
- Chapter Six. Moral Virtue And To Kalon
- Chapter Seven. Courage, Temperance, And Greatness Of Soul
- Chapter Eight. Two Happy Lives And Their Most Final Ends
- Appendix. Acting For Love In The Symposium
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- General Index