Aristotle's Ethics: Comprising His Practical Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Aristotle's Ethics: Comprising His Practical Philosophy

Aristotle's birth-place - His education at Atarneus - at Athens - His residence with Hermeias - Singular fortune of that Prince Aristotle's residence in Lesbos - in Macedon - Plan pursued in the education Of Alexander - Aristotle's residence in Athens - Employ ment there - Calumnies against him - His retreat to Chalcis, and death - His testament - Sayings - Extraordinary fate Of his Works - Published at Rome by Andronicus of Rhodes - Their number and magnitude.

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Excerpt from Aristotle's Ethics: Comprising His Practical Philosophy

Aristotle is the most voluminous, and generally deemed the most obscure, of all the Greek writers of classic antiquity. His imperfect yet copious remains, which are now rather admired than read, and which were formerly much read and little understood, still naturally arrange themselves in the minds of those capable of digesting them, under their original form of an encyclopedia of science; in many parts of which the author's labours are, doubtless, excelled by those of modem philosophers; while in other parts, and those of the most important nature, his intellectual exertions remain hitherto unrivalled. It seemed high time, therefore, to draw the line between those writings of the Stagirite which still merit the most serious attention of the modem reader, and those of which the perusal is superseded by more accurate and more complete information. This line I have presumed to draw in the present work, by endeavouring to the best of my abilities to translate the former perspicuously and impressively, while I contented myself with giving a distinct and comprehensive analysis of the latter.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.