Reason & character : the moral foundations of Aristotelian political philosophy /

This book is a fresh examination of Aristotle's teaching on the relation between reason and moral virtue in the Nicomachean Ethics, taking as its point of departure the oft-noted, but still perhaps not sufficiently appreciated fact, that this treatise is the first half of a two-volume work on p...

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Main Author: Pangle, Lorraine Smith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • The Task and the Puzzle of Reason in the Nicomachean Ethics (NE 1 and 2)
  • Knowledge, Choice, and Responsibility for Character (NE 3.1-5)
  • Reason and Purpose in the Moral Virtues (NE 3.6-4.9)
  • Justice and the Rule of Reason (NE 5)
  • Wisdom and Active Wisdom: The Intellectual Virtues (NE 6)
  • Problems of Self-Control (NE 7.1-10)
  • Epilogue: The Philosophic Life (NE 10.6-8).