Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Book 1

Ross batoche books kitchener 1999.

Aristotle nicomachean ethics book 1. According to aristotle every craft line of inquiry action and decision seeks some end or good but these goods differ. Book i 1 every art and every inquiry. 1 every art and every inquiry and similarly every action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good.

In some cases the. Nicomachean ethics 5 good judge of that subject and the man who has received an all round education is a good judge in general. The nicomachean ethics of aristotle.

And for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. But a difference is observable among these aims or ends. This raises the paradoxical suggestion that a person can be considered happy only after death that is once we can examine the person s life as a whole.

Some are activities others are products apart from the activities that produce them. But a certain difference is found among ends. When talking about happiness we consider a person s life as a whole not just brief moments of it.

And so it has been well said that the good is mram. Every art and every kind of inquiry and like in an lie dou man seelrf wiqe every act and purpose seems to aim at sorne z c good. Every art and every investigation and likewise every practical pursuit or undertaking seems to aim at some good.

Nicomachean ethics aristotle translated by w. However a good person will always behave in a virtuous manner. It is true that a certain variety is to be observed among the ends at which the arts and sciences aim.