Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing - the Nicomachean Ethics - in a lively new abridged translation

The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle’s most widely read and influential works. Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle’s thought, the authors have produced an English-language translation of the…

A thought-provoking exploration of assertiveness within Aristotle's work and how it affects democratic functioning.

Today, democracy is seen as the best or even the only legitimate form of government. With…

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the origin and development of the concept of physical continuity in ancient thought before Aristotle, combining a thorough study of Presocratic philosophy…

This is the first complete critical edition of the set of commentaries on Aristotle's short psychological and physiological treatises, the so-called Parva Naturalia, penned by Walter Burley, William of Ockham's…

Politics is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher. Man is naturally a political animal" is it possible for a state to achieve the ideal…

Nicomachean Ethics focuses on the importance of habitually behaving virtuously and developing a virtuous character. Aristotle emphasized the importance of context to ethical behavior and the ability of the virtuous…

What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle’s lectures on ethics are among the…