Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the "Nicomachean Ethics", (Hardcover)

<p>What is the good life for a human being? Aristotle's exploration of this question in the <i>Nicomachean Ethics</i> has established it as a founding work of Western philosophy, though its teachings have long puzzled readers and provoked spirited discussion. Adopting a radically new point of view, Ronna Burger deciphers some of the most perplexing conundrums of this influential treatise by approaching it as Aristotle's dialogue with the Platonic Socrates.</p><p>Tracing the argument of the <i>Ethics</i> as it emerges through that approach, Burger's careful reading shows how Aristotle represents ethical virtue from the perspective of those devoted to it while standing back to examine its assumptions and implications. </p><p>"This is the best book I have read on Aristotle's <i>Nicomachean Ethics</i>. It is so well crafted that reading it is like reading the <i>Ethics</i> itself, in that it provides an education in ethical matters that does justice to all sides of the issues."--Mary P. Nichols, Baylor University</p>

• Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the "Nicomachean Ethics", (Hardcover)
• Author: University of Chicago Press
• ISBN: 9780226080505
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2008-06-01
• Page Count: 306