Nicomachean Ethics

A lucid and useful translation of one of Aristotle's primary works by a master teacher. Designed for courses in undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Aristotle's immediate audience.

Joe Sachs taught for thirty years at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He has translated Aristotle's "Physics," "Metaphysics" and "On the Soul" and, for the Focus Philosophical Library, Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" and "Poetics", and Plato's "Theaetetus" and "Republic."

CONTENTS Note: The ten books of the original text have no titles; those below are provided by the translator to indicate the general shape of the inquiry. Preface to this Translation, vii Introduction, xi Book I, 1 Book II, 21 Book III, 36 Book IV, 58 Book V, 79 Book VI, 102 Book VII, 118 Book VIII, 143 Book IX, 162 Book X, 180 Glossary, 200 Index, 213