Every art and every investigation, and likewise every practical pursuit or undertaking, seems to aim at some good. In this video, professor thorsby discusses the first three books of aristotles nicomachean ethics. Moral virtue is acquired by the repetition of the corre. Ethica nicomachea nicomachean ethics by aristotle of stagirus. A summary of book i in aristotle s nicomachean ethics. In the eudemian ethics book viii, chapter 3 aristotle also uses the word. Virtue, then, being of two kinds, intellectual and moral, intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching for which reason it requires experience and time, while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit, whence also its name, ethike is one that is. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of nicomachean ethics and what it means. Nicomachean ethics and eudemian ethics audiobook by.
Book i 65k book ii 50k book iii 74k book iv 69k book v 74k book vi 55k book vii 78k book viii 70k book ix 66k book x 71k. Some thoughts regarding book 1 of aristotles nicomachean ethics revised july 15 and 17, 2018 by alan e. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. This course is taught at the university of north carolina greensboro. This is a video lecture from phi 251, history of ancient philosophy. The distinction between political and philosophical life is.
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