Happy lives and the highest good: an essay on aristotle's nicomachean ethics
Auteur :
Lear, Gabriel Richardson
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691126265
Date de publication :
16 janv. 2006
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
363 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents an approach to a debate about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. This book argues that in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it but also by approximating it.