Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

TheNicomachean Ethics, along with its sequel thePolitics, is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethicsthat happiness is the end of human endeavor, that moral virtue is formed through action and habituation, and that good action requires prudencefound their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called "the Philosopher." Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle's thought, Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins have produced here an English-language translation of theEthicsthat is as remarkably faithful to the original as it is graceful in its rendering. Aristotle is well known for the precision with which he chooses his words, and in this elegant translation his work has found its ideal match. Bartlett and Collins provide copious notes and a glossary providing context and further explanation for students, as well as an introduction and a substantial interpretive essay that sketch central arguments of the work and the seminal place of Aristotle'sEthicsin his political philosophy as a whole. TheNicomachean Ethicshas engaged the serious interest of readers across centuries and civilizationsof peoples ancient, medieval, and modern; pagan, Christian, Muslim, and Jewishand this new edition will take its place as the standard English language translation.