Nicomachean Ethics Royal Collectors Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Hardback Book 9781774378519

The Nicomachean Ethics is the name normally given to Aristotles bestknown work on ethics It is widely considered one of the most important historical philosophical works and had an important impact upon the European Middle Ages becoming one of the core works of medieval philosophy It therefore indirectly became critical in the development of all modern philosophy as well as European law and theologyThe theme of Nicomachean Ethics is a Socratic question previously explored in the works of Plato Aristotles friend and teacher of how men should best live Ethics as now separated out for discussion by Aristotle is practical rather than theoretical in the original Aristotelian senses of these terms Ethics is about how individuals should best live while the study of politics is from the perspective of a lawgiver looking at the good of a whole communityThis case laminate collectors edition includes a Victorian inspired dustjacketampnbsp