Taking Life Seriously: A Study of the Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics

F.E. Sparshott

Published by University of Toronto Press 1996

Taking Life Seriously

A Study of the Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics

F.E. Sparshott

In the series Toronto Studies in Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680326

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Sparshott expounds Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as a single continuous argument, a chain of reasoned exposition on the problems of human life.

Author / Editor information

Sparshott F.E. :

Francis E. Sparshott (1926-2015) was University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and philosophy including A Measured Pace: Toward a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance.

Reviews

D.R.C. Reed:

'This exceptional book deserves to replace W.F.R. Hardie's Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968) as the standard one-volume companion to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (EN). ... Few will agree with this detailed reading at every point, but it repays careful consideration. Glossary of transliterated Greek terms. Interesting quasi-ethnographic appendix, "Aristotle's World," which is not about fourth-century Athens but about the world of Aristotle's theoretical construction. Highly recommended.'

David Foster:

'This exceptional book deserves to replace W.F.R. Hardie's Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968) as the standard one-volume companion to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (EN). ... Few will agree with this detailed reading at every point, but it repays careful consideration. Glossary of transliterated Greek terms. Interesting quasi-ethnographic appendix, "Aristotle's World," which is not about fourth-century Athens but about the world of Aristotle's theoretical construction. Highly recommended.'

Sarah Broadie:

'This exceptional book deserves to replace W.F.R. Hardie's Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968) as the standard one-volume companion to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (EN). ... Few will agree with this detailed reading at every point, but it repays careful consideration. Glossary of transliterated Greek terms. Interesting quasi-ethnographic appendix, "Aristotle's World," which is not about fourth-century Athens but about the world of Aristotle's theoretical construction. Highly recommended.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. What Is Best for People (I i-xii; 1094a1-1102a4) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Reason in Action (I xiii-VI; 1102a5–1145a11) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
3. The Pathology of Practical Reason (VII; 1145a15–1154b34) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
4. Love, Consciousness, and Society (VIII-IX; 1155a1–1172a15) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
5. The Worth of Pleasure (X i-v; 1172a19–1176a29) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
6. The Good Life and the Best Life: Outline of a Discourse (X vi-viii; 1176a30–1179a32) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
7. Postscript: The Transition to Politics (X ix; 1179a33–1181b23) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 480

eBook

Published: April 26, 1996
ISBN: 9781442680326