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Preface
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS / Book I ; [Ends and goods]
2 [The highest good and political science]
3 [The method of political science]
4 [Common beliefs]
5 [The three lives]
6 [The Platonic Form of the Good]
7 [An account of the human good]
8 [Defence of the account of the good]
9 [How is happiness achieved?]
10 [Can we be happy during our lifetime?]
11 [How happiness can be affected after one's death]
12 [Praise and honour]
13 [Introduction to the virtues]
Book II ; 1 [How a virtue of character is acquired]
2 [Habituation]
3 [The importance of pleasure and pain]
4 [Virtuous actions contrasted with virtuous character]
5 [Virtue of character: its genus]
6 [Virtue of character: its differentia]
7 [The particular virtues of character]
8 [Relations between mean and extreme states]
9 [How can we reach the mean?]
Book III ; 1 [Voluntary action]
2 [Decision]
3 [Deliberation]
4 [Wish]
5 [Virtue and vice are in our power]
6 [Bravery: its scope]
7 [Bravery: its characteristic outlook]
8 [Conditions that resemble bravery]
9 [Feelings proper to bravery]
10 [Temperance: its scope]
11 [Temperance: its outlook]
12 [Intemperance]
Book IV ; 1 [Generosity]
2 [Magnificence]
3 [Magnanimity]
4 [The virtue concerned with small honours]
5 [Calmness]
6 [Friendliness]
7 [Truthfulness]
8 [Wit]
9 [Shame]
Book V ; 1 [Varieties of justice]
2 [Special justice contrasted with general]
3 [Justice in distribution]
4 [Justice in rectification]
5 [Justice in exchange]
6 [Political justice]
7 [Justice by nature and by law]
8 [Justice, injustice, and the voluntary]
9 [Puzzles about justice and injustice]
10 [Decency]
11 [Injustice to oneself]
Book VI ; 1 [The mean and the virtues of thought]
2 [Thought, desire, and decision]
3 [Scientific knowledge]
4 [Craft knowledge]
5 [Prudence]
6 [Understanding]
7 [Wisdom contrasted with prudence]
8 [Types of prudence]
9 [Good deliberation]
10 [Comprehension]
11 [Practical thought and particulars]
12 [Puzzles about prudence and wisdom]
13 [Prudence and virtue of character]
Book VII ; 1 [Virtue, vice, and incontinence]
2 [Puzzles about incontinence]
3 [Incontinence and ignorance]
4 [Simple incontinence]
5 [Bestiality and disease]
6 [Incontinence and related conditions]
7 [Incontinence, intemperance, and softness]
8 [Why intemperance is worse than incontinence]
9 [Continence]
10 [Answers to further questions about incontinence]
11 [Disputed questions about pleasure]
12 [Pleasure and good]
13 [Pleasure and happiness]
14 [Bodily pleasures]
Book VIII ; 1 [Common beliefs and questions]
2 [The object of friendship]
3 [The three types of friendship]
4 [Comparison between the types of friendship]
5 [State and activity in friendship]
6 [Characteristic activities in the different types of friendship]
7 [Friendship between unequals]
8 [Giving and receiving in friendship]
9 [Friendship in communities]
10 [Political systems]
11 [Friendships in political systems]
12 [Friendships in families]
13 [Disputes in friendships between equals]
14 [Disputes in friendships between unequals]
Book IX ; 1 [Friends with dissimilar aims]
2 [Conflicts between different types of friendships]
3 [Dissolution of friendships]
4 [Self-love and friendship]
5 [Goodwill and friendship]
6 [Friendship and concord]
7 [Active benevolence and friendship]
8 [Self-love and selfishness]
9 [Why do we need friends?]
10 [How many friends are needed?]
11 [Friends in good and ill fortune]
12 [Shared activity in friendship]
Book X ; 1 [The right approach to pleasure]
2 [Arguments about pleasure]
[Pleasure is a good, but not the good]
4 [Pleasure is an activity]
5 [Pleasures differ in kind]
6 [Conditions for happiness]
7 [Happiness and theoretical study]
8 [Theoretical study and the other virtues]
9 [Moral education]
Notes
Glossary
Appendix
Further Reading
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS / Book I ; [Ends and goods]
2 [The highest good and political science]
3 [The method of political science]
4 [Common beliefs]
5 [The three lives]
6 [The Platonic Form of the Good]
7 [An account of the human good]
8 [Defence of the account of the good]
9 [How is happiness achieved?]
10 [Can we be happy during our lifetime?]
11 [How happiness can be affected after one's death]
12 [Praise and honour]
13 [Introduction to the virtues]
Book II ; 1 [How a virtue of character is acquired]
2 [Habituation]
3 [The importance of pleasure and pain]
4 [Virtuous actions contrasted with virtuous character]
5 [Virtue of character: its genus]
6 [Virtue of character: its differentia]
7 [The particular virtues of character]
8 [Relations between mean and extreme states]
9 [How can we reach the mean?]
Book III ; 1 [Voluntary action]
2 [Decision]
3 [Deliberation]
4 [Wish]
5 [Virtue and vice are in our power]
6 [Bravery: its scope]
7 [Bravery: its characteristic outlook]
8 [Conditions that resemble bravery]
9 [Feelings proper to bravery]
10 [Temperance: its scope]
11 [Temperance: its outlook]
12 [Intemperance]
Book IV ; 1 [Generosity]
2 [Magnificence]
3 [Magnanimity]
4 [The virtue concerned with small honours]
5 [Calmness]
6 [Friendliness]
7 [Truthfulness]
8 [Wit]
9 [Shame]
Book V ; 1 [Varieties of justice]
2 [Special justice contrasted with general]
3 [Justice in distribution]
4 [Justice in rectification]
5 [Justice in exchange]
6 [Political justice]
7 [Justice by nature and by law]
8 [Justice, injustice, and the voluntary]
9 [Puzzles about justice and injustice]
10 [Decency]
11 [Injustice to oneself]
Book VI ; 1 [The mean and the virtues of thought]
2 [Thought, desire, and decision]
3 [Scientific knowledge]
4 [Craft knowledge]
5 [Prudence]
6 [Understanding]
7 [Wisdom contrasted with prudence]
8 [Types of prudence]
9 [Good deliberation]
10 [Comprehension]
11 [Practical thought and particulars]
12 [Puzzles about prudence and wisdom]
13 [Prudence and virtue of character]
Book VII ; 1 [Virtue, vice, and incontinence]
2 [Puzzles about incontinence]
3 [Incontinence and ignorance]
4 [Simple incontinence]
5 [Bestiality and disease]
6 [Incontinence and related conditions]
7 [Incontinence, intemperance, and softness]
8 [Why intemperance is worse than incontinence]
9 [Continence]
10 [Answers to further questions about incontinence]
11 [Disputed questions about pleasure]
12 [Pleasure and good]
13 [Pleasure and happiness]
14 [Bodily pleasures]
Book VIII ; 1 [Common beliefs and questions]
2 [The object of friendship]
3 [The three types of friendship]
4 [Comparison between the types of friendship]
5 [State and activity in friendship]
6 [Characteristic activities in the different types of friendship]
7 [Friendship between unequals]
8 [Giving and receiving in friendship]
9 [Friendship in communities]
10 [Political systems]
11 [Friendships in political systems]
12 [Friendships in families]
13 [Disputes in friendships between equals]
14 [Disputes in friendships between unequals]
Book IX ; 1 [Friends with dissimilar aims]
2 [Conflicts between different types of friendships]
3 [Dissolution of friendships]
4 [Self-love and friendship]
5 [Goodwill and friendship]
6 [Friendship and concord]
7 [Active benevolence and friendship]
8 [Self-love and selfishness]
9 [Why do we need friends?]
10 [How many friends are needed?]
11 [Friends in good and ill fortune]
12 [Shared activity in friendship]
Book X ; 1 [The right approach to pleasure]
2 [Arguments about pleasure]
[Pleasure is a good, but not the good]
4 [Pleasure is an activity]
5 [Pleasures differ in kind]
6 [Conditions for happiness]
7 [Happiness and theoretical study]
8 [Theoretical study and the other virtues]
9 [Moral education]
Notes
Glossary
Appendix
Further Reading