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Sir Anthony Kenny presents a second edition of his landmark work The Aristotelian Ethics, which transformed Aristotle studies in 1978 by showing, on stylistic, historical, and philosophical grounds that the Eudemian Ethics was a mature work with as strong a claim to be Aristotle's ethical masterpiece as the more widely studied Nicomachean Ethics.
List of contents
- 1: The Aristotelian Ethics in Antiquity
- 2: Cross-references in the Ethics
- 3: The Style of the Treatise on Justice
- 4: Particles and Connectives in the Aristotelian Ethics
- 5: Prepositions, Adverbs, and Pronouns in the Ethical Treatises
- 6: The Use of Technical Terms in the Ethical Treatises
- 7: Wisdom in the Aristotelian Ethics
- 8: Happiness in the Aristotelian Ethics
- 9: The Dating of the Aristotelian Ethical Treatises
- Appendix to Aristotle on the Perfect Life
- 10: Reconsiderations
About the author
Sir Anthony Kenny was part of Balliol College, Oxford from 1963 until 1989, first as a Fellow and Senior Tutor before becoming Master of Balliol. He subsequently became Warden of Rhodes House, President of the British Academy and Chair of the British Library.
Summary
Sir Anthony Kenny presents a second edition of his landmark work The Aristotelian Ethics, which transformed Aristotle studies in 1978 by showing, on stylistic, historical, and philosophical grounds that the Eudemian Ethics was a mature work with as strong a claim to be Aristotle's ethical masterpiece as the more widely studied Nicomachean Ethics.
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Review from previous edition 'In The Aristotelian Ethics Anthony Kenny uses the tools of philosopher, classicist, and statistician to solve the mystery of the true home of the books common to the Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics. . . Kenny's project is ambitious, and there is much to be learned from its painstaking analyses of problem passages and its uncovering of neglected tracts in the Eudemian.'
