Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
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Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
| Author | Aristotle |
|---|---|
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Aristotle’s central work of moral philosophy, built around eudaimonia — human flourishing — as the final end of action, and virtue as a disposition acquired by habit between excess and deficiency. It ends by conceding that ethics is completed only by politics, which is where the Politics picks up. |
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, shared in March 2026, in the Classical Greek Political Philosophy sub-section that opens the curriculum, immediately before Aristotle’s Politics. The pairing is the point: the Ethics asks what a good life consists of before the Politics asks what a regime should do about it. The entry carries a ☑️ mark the list never explains. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
- Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, under History of Western Civilization.
- @athenaeumbc — in a stack of ~35 old books photographed by Athenaeum Book Club (October 2026) under the line “One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.” The full stack is listed on One of the hidden benefits… (tweet).
About this edition
Composed in the fourth century BCE from lecture material at the Lyceum; the title traditionally refers either to Aristotle’s son Nicomachus or to his father of the same name. Along the way it builds an account of choice, voluntariness and practical wisdom (phronesis) and devotes two books to friendship.
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Aristotle — the author.
- Nicomachean Ethics — the existing concept page for this work in the wiki.
- Ethics — the field this work largely founded.
- Virtue — the book’s central category.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.