Nicomachean Ethics
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Average rating3.6
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Ratings32
Average rating3.6
Enduringly profound treatise, whose lasting effect on Western philosophy continues to resonate. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth.
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This took me three months to read and I swear to the entire Greek pantheon I never want to see the word profligate again.
There's a lot of fairly useful stuff in here, however, a lot of it's also fairly obvious (I hope). Book 2 was probably the most useful for me. The other books have very good explanations of concepts, but I didn't really need them so I quickly lost interest.
Over all this is a great into to philosophy but if you're slightly more seasoned (especial with the subject's Aristotle covers) it might be rather boring.
