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A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle's ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century.
List of contents
Introduction Jon Miller; 1. The Nicomachean Ethics in Hellenistic philosophy: a hidden treasure? Karen Margrethe Nielsen; 2. The transformation of Aristotle's ethics in Roman philosophy Christopher Gill; 3. Aristotelian ethics in Plotinus Dominic J. O'Meara; 4. St Augustine's appropriation and transformation of Aristotelian eudaimonia Michael W. Tkacz; 5. The Arabic and Islamic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics Anna Akasoy; 6. Maimonides' appropriation of Aristotle's ethics Kenneth Seeskin; 7. The relation of prudence and synderesis to happiness in the medieval commentaries on Aristotle's ethics Anthony Celano; 8. Using Seneca to read Aristotle: the curious methods of Buridan's ethics Jack Zupko; 9. Aristotle's ethics in the Renaissance David Lines; 10. The end of ends? Aristotelian themes in early modern ethics Donald Rutherford; 11. Affective conflict and virtue: Hume's answer to Aristotle Kate Abramson; 12. Aristotle and Kant on ethics Manfred Kuehn; 13. The fall and rise of Aristotelian ethics in Anglo-American moral philosophy: nineteenth and twentieth century Jennifer Welchman.
About the author
Jon Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University, Ontario. His publications include Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge, 2003), Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: A Critical Guide (Cambridge, 2011) and Spinoza and the Stoics (Cambridge, 2015).
Summary
A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle's ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. Provides both a history of reception and conceptual analysis for each figure or school. For students of philosophy and of the history of ethics and ideas.
