Track Section Length
01 01 Eudemian Ethics - Book I Chapters 1-8 29:34
02 02 Eudemian Ethics - Book II Chapters 1-6 31:23
03 03 Eudemian Ethics - Book II Chapters 7-11 35:52
04 04 Eudemian Ethics - Book III Chapters 1-7 42:07
05 05 Eudemian Ethics - Book VII Chapters 1-5 38:15
06 06 Eudemian Ethics - Book VII Chapters 6-11 31:39
07 07 Eudemian Ethics - Book VII Chapters 12-15 37:11

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Translated by: J. Solomon
Book Coordinator: Geoffrey Edwards
Meta Coordinator: TriciaG
Proof Listener: bala

Artwork

Cover: Engraving of Aristotle by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841)
Inset: Engraving of Aristotle by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841)
Insert: Aristotle, holding his Ethics, detail from the Vatican frescoe The School of Athens, Raphael, (1483-1520)


Aristotle coined the term “ethics” to define a field of study first undertaken by Socrates and Plato that seeks a rational answer to the question of how human beings should best live. He considered ethics as a practical study, along with politics and poetics and rhetoric. At the core is the notion of moral virtue, an excellence of character that develops in part due to upbringing and in part as a result of habits of action. He outlines four cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, courage and justice, which combine in the continuing effort to achieve the highest human good. Reason is a critical component of virtue, as it is what sets humans apart. In his words, “The function of man is activity of soul in accordance with reason”.

Eudemian Ethics is the shorter and lesser known of Aristotle’s treatises on ethics. The title is derived from his pupil Eudemus of Rhodes, who may have helped edit the work, and its companion Greek word eudaimonia is often translated as well-being and happiness. It consists of eight books, three of which (IV-VI) are identical to books V-VII in the Nicomachean Ethics.


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EAN - DVD case 0701236969955
Media MP3 CD
Package DVD Box
Author Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Translator J. Solomon
Year 4th century BC
Recording
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Length 7 hours 8 minutes
Type of Reading Solo

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