Nicomachean Ethics

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philosophical treatise work of ethics

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

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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	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
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 ⓘ Moralia ⓘ surface form: Magna Moralia
hasForm	lecture notes ⓘ
hasGenre	ethical treatise ⓘ
influenced	Alasdair MacIntyre ⓘ Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: 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	Nicomachean Ethics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
partOf	Aristotle's writings ⓘ surface form: Aristotle's ethical works
philosophicalSchool	Peripatetic school ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
timeOfComposition	4th century BCE ⓘ

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