Ethica Eudemia

BLWith new text and full apparatus criticus

The Eudemian Ethics was one of two ethical treatises which Aristotle wrote on the subject of ethica or `matters to do with character'. Although the two works cover much the same ground, the Nicomachean Ethics is better known; the poor manuscript tradition of the Eudemian Ethics has made correct translation and interpretation of the text extremely difficult. The subject of the work is the choice of a certain means of conduct, made by a `man of practical
wisdom' (phronimos), between two extremes of behaviour: asceticism and yielding to uncontrolled impulses. Aristotle also stresses the notion of moral intention and the importance of virtue of character.

This new Oxford Classical Text of the Eudemian Ethics is the result of many years of work. After Sir David Ross's death, his original text was substantially reworked and revised by his friend and colleague R. R. Walzer, who was aided in the revision by his former pupil Mrs Jean Mingay, who continued his work after his death in 1974. Mrs Mingay was fortunate in being able to make use of previously unpublished contributions from D. J. Allan after his death in the late seventies, and more
recently has been helped in her work by the suggestions of Professor D. A. Russell, David Robinson, and Christopher Rowe.

Summary

A new contribution to classical scholarship, this text of Aristotle's "Eudemian Ethics" is the product of many years of work, founded upon the work of the late Sir David Ross.

Product details

• Authors: Aristotle
• Assisted by: J. M. Mingay (Editor), Mingay J. M. (Editor), R. R. Walzer (Editor), Walzer R. R. (Editor), J. M. Mingay (Foreword), Mingay J. M. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1991
• EAN: 9780198145752
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814575-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 192 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Oxford Classical Texts; Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliot; Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliot; Oxford Classical Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500