Nicomachean Ethics
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Aristotle examines how best to live by looking at the nature of those virtues that characterize the most thriving human beings, and then at how to acquire and develop such virtues. This book is considered the founding document of what is now known as the “virtue ethics” tradition.
Along the way, Aristotle delves into pleasure, happiness, justice, friendship, and willpower. He intended the Nicomachean Ethics to be the foundation on which to build his Politics.
Nicomachean Ethics is based on Aristotle’s lectures at the Lyceum and was originally collected as a series of ten scrolls. In translation it was hugely influential in the development of Western philosophic tradition, quickly becoming one of the core works of medieval philosophy.
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A book that stood the test of time
True wisdom should be time testable. While the age of information made access to large amount of information as easy as via the touch of a finger tip, the road to wisdom did not seem to be made any more easier. While men are striving to find easier ways to knowledge, wisdom, and success, it may be a good idea to turn to the book of old to see how some of the prophets were able to achieve the end in the old days when resources are rather more scarce and limited. After reading this book, I choose to resort to reason, to shape my virtues, and to be friend with truths.