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Zusatztext The present volume, which is the first (and so far, the only) installment in the Clarendon Aristotle Series treatment of the NE, does and admirable job of continuing the fine tradition of the series by offering an impeccable translation of Books VIII and IX and providing some of much needed commentary in English on a neglected aspect of Aristotle's ethical theory. The translation is crisp and fluid, showing the marked attention to textual detail that has become the hallmark of the Series... the commentary displays Pakaluk's deep familiarity with the philosophical issues involved. Pakaluk's commentary is careful and methodical. Pakaluk's analytic approach is unencumbered by the technical aparatus all too common in philosophical analysis of this kind: instead the commentary is as fluent and easy to read as the translation, and should be of use to classicists as well as analytic philosophers. Klappentext Michael Pakaluk presents the first systematic study in English of Books VIII and IX of Aristotle's masterpiece of moral philosophy, the Nicomachean Ethics; these books comprise one of the most famous of all discussions of friendship. Pakaluk accompanies his fresh and accurate translation with a philosophical commentary which unfolds lucidly the various arguments in the text, assuming no knowledge of Greek on the part of the reader. Zusammenfassung In books VIII and IX of his work on moral philosophy, Aristotle gives perhaps the most famous of all philosophical discussions of friendship. Michael Pakaluk presents a systematic study of these books, showing how important Aristotle's treatment of friendship is to his ethics as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Translation; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
