Introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics by Pavlos Kontos Paperback Book

Description: Introduction to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics by Pavlos Kontos This book provides a balanced and accessible introduction to Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics. It carefully and comprehensively follows the thread of Aristotles argument and sheds light on topics that all too often receive little attention or are entirely ignored in the existing textbooks (such as self-control, legislative science and the legislator, the life of the money-maker, craft-knowledge, comprehension, and beastliness).Its objective is not only to offer an academically reliable presentation of Aristotles Ethics but to also defend Aristotles main tenets—or, at least, to present them in their most defensible form.It places the Nicomachean Ethics within the study of ethics generally; students are invited to understand Aristotles claims in the light of, or in contrast to, other ethical theories or their own intuitions about ethical matters.It follows the reader of the Nicomachean Ethicsin action, registering questions, expectations and progress within an insightful exegesis of Aristotles philosophical argument. It is replete with pedagogical tools including examples from our concrete everyday experience, paintings, films, and literature, end of chapter summaries, internet resources, suggestions for further reading, study questions, and essay questions. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Pavlos Kontos is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Greece. He has held Visiting Positions at several universities in Europe, China, and USA. He was a Humboldt Fellow, a Senior Visiting Scholar of the Onassis Foundation in USA, the W.J. Bouwsma Fellow at the National Humanities Center, and an International Visiting Fellow at Stanford University. He is the author of Aristotle on the Scope of Practical Reason (2021) and the editor of Evil in Aristotle (2018). Table of Contents 1. Happiness Is What All Seek.- 2. Virtues of Character: They Make "all the difference".- 3. Justice and the Just: Back and Forth.- 4. The Three Usurpers to the Position of Practical Wisdom: Science, Theoretical Wisdom, Craft.- 5. Practical Wisdom: At the Heart of Practical Truth.- 6. Those Who Are Not Practically Wise: Baseness, Self-control, Lack of Self-control, and Beastliness.- 7. Absolving Pleasure.- 8. Friendship: A Privileged Space of Mutual Visibility.- 9. First- and Second-Class Happiness. Details ISBN3031419847 Author Pavlos Kontos Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Series Palgrave Philosophy Today ISBN-13 9783031419843 Format Paperback Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication Switzerland Audience Professional & Vocational Edition 1st Edition Description 1st ed. 2023 ISBN-10 3031419847 Pages 182 Illustrations 7 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 182 p. 7 illus. Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-12-10 DEWEY 185 UK Release Date 2023-12-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159519677;

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