Nicomachean Ethics
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Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicomachean Ethics canonical | 11 |
| Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics | 2 |
| Aristotle's Ethics | 1 |
| Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicomachean Ethics Context triple: [Aristotle, notableWork, Nicomachean Ethics]
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A.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicomachean Ethics Target entity description: Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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A.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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B.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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C.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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D.
Principia Ethica
Principia Ethica is a foundational 1903 work in moral philosophy by G. E. Moore that helped launch analytic ethics through its defense of ethical non-naturalism and the “open question” argument.
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E.
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences
Book VI: On the Logic of the Moral Sciences is the concluding section of John Stuart Mill’s *A System of Logic* that develops his influential account of the methods and philosophical foundations of the social and moral sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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work of ethics ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
define the highest human good
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explain how to live well ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major work of Western philosophy ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
contemplation
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doctrine of the mean ⓘ friendship ⓘ function argument ⓘ intellectual virtue ⓘ involuntary action ⓘ moral education ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ pleasure ⓘ voluntary action ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| dividedInto |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book IX ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ Book VIII ⓘ Book X ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
ethics
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Eudemian Ethics
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Moralia ⓘ
surface form:
Magna Moralia
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| hasForm | lecture notes ⓘ |
| hasGenre | ethical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alasdair MacIntyre
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Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
medieval Christian ethics ⓘ modern virtue ethics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
eudaimonia
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happiness ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ the good life ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nicomachus ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Nicomachean Ethics
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
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| partOf |
Aristotle's writings
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surface form:
Aristotle's ethical works
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| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
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Referenced by (15)
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this entity surface form:
Aristotle's Ethics
this entity surface form:
Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια
this entity surface form:
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
this entity surface form:
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics