Aristotles nicomachean ethics, book 1 ethics and moral. Aristotle on friendship based on virtue nicomachean ethics book 8. Aristotle says he will be skipping the questions about friendship rooted in natural. In this lecture from my fall 2011 ethics class at marist college, we discuss aristotles nichomachean ethics books 89, where aristotle discusses three main types of friendship and how various. Also friendship between good men alone is proof against calumny. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If you are a student of philosophy officially or selfstudy this is a must read.
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Nicomachean ethics book eight summary and analysis. The internet classics archive nicomachean ethics by. Need help with book 8 in aristotles nicomachean ethics. Another debated question is whether friends are necessary or not for happiness. Is happiness acquired, or the gift of gods or chance. A summary of book viii in aristotles nicomachean ethics. In this lecture from my fall 2011 ethics class at marist college, we start aristotles nichomachean ethics and discuss the range of answers to the question. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of nicomachean ethics and what it means. In order to narrow down the vast and treacherous terrain of the ne, this paper will focus only on courage as explicated in ne iii. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of nicomachean ethics and what it.
It is entirely appropriate that money, the representative of productive work. Nicomachean ethics study guide contains a biography of aristotle, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes. Aristotles nicomachean ethics revision, book eight. Theres a political aspect to friendship, in that theres a feeling of goodwill between members of any given community. Sundry questions about doing and suffering injustice. Nicomachean ethics by aristotle the internet classics archive. It should set the bar for an individuals moral character.
Book 8, chapter 9 1159b251160a25 aristotle explains how friendship and the just are related. Chapter summary for aristotles nicomachean ethics, book 8 summary. Buy aristotles nicomachean ethics by aristotle, robert c. This video focuses on aristotles work, the nicomachean ethics, and examines his discussion in book 8 about the most paradigmatic but also. One of the merits of aristotle s approach to ethics is that it aims to be practical and, therefore, faithful to how human beings actually are.
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