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Nicomachean Ethics

Ethika Nikomacheia

textual humanities text book core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Aristotle, author

Canon Rationale

A foundational ethical treatise, included for virtue ethics, eudaimonia, practical wisdom, habituation, friendship, pleasure, and the long history of moral philosophy.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 22.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Nicomachean Ethics'.
  • review essay: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Aristotle's Ethics'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read the full treatise in a specified translation or original Greek edition.

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