The Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle

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The _Ethics_ of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his _Politics_ is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the “philosophy of human affairs;” but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author’s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity whic…

Details

• AuthorAristotle
• SourceProject Gutenberg #8438
• Length113,530 words · 7h 34m of reading
• Chapters66
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

66 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

1. 01INTRODUCTION
2. 02INTRODUCTION
3. 03J. A. SMITH
4. 04Chapter I.
5. 05Chapter II.
6. 06Chapter III.
7. 07Chapter IV.
8. 08Chapter V.
9. 09Chapter VI.
10. 10Chapter VII.
11. 11Chapter VIII.
12. 12Chapter IX.
13. 13Chapter X.
14. 14Chapter XI.
15. 15Chapter I.
16. 16Chapter II.
17. 17Chapter III.
18. 18Chapter IV.
19. 19Chapter V.
20. 20Chapter VI.
21. 21Chapter VII.
22. 22Chapter VIII.
23. 23Chapter IX.
24. 24Chapter I.
25. 25Chapter II.
26. 26Chapter III.
27. 27Chapter IV.
28. 28Chapter V.
29. 29Chapter VI.
30. 30Chapter VII.
31. 31Chapter VIII.
32. 32Chapter IX.
33. 33Chapter X.
34. 34Chapter XI.
35. 35Chapter XII.
36. 36Chapter XIII.
37. 37Chapter XIV.
38. 38Chapter XV.
39. 39Chapter XVI.
40. 40Chapter XVII.
41. 41APPENDIX
42. 42CHAP. II
43. 43Chapter I.
44. 44Chapter II.
45. 45Chapter III.
46. 46Chapter IV.
47. 47Chapter V.
48. 48Chapter VI.
49. 49Chapter VII.
50. 50Chapter VIII.
51. 51Chapter IX.
52. 52Chapter XIII.
53. 53Chapter XIV.
54. 54Chapter IX.
55. 55Chapter X.
56. 56Chapter XI.
57. 57Chapter XII.
58. 58Chapter I.
59. 59Chapter II.
60. 60Chapter III.
61. 61Chapter IV.
62. 62Chapter V.
63. 63Chapter VI.
64. 64Chapter VII.
65. 65Chapter VIII.
66. 66NOTES

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