Nicomachean Ethics

aristotle martin ostwald

Parece claro que la felicidad es el fin ultimo al que aspira la vida humana. Pero cual es la verdadera esencia de la felicidad? A esta espinosa cuestion se enfrenta Aristoteles (384-322 a. C.) en la Etica nicomaquea traducida y convenientemente anotada para la presente edicion por Julio Palli Bonet. Entre los muchos valores que es posible atribuir al filosofo de Estagira (Macedonia) se cuenta este texto perteneciente al ultimo periodo de su produccion y sin duda. el mas influyente y elaborado de sus escritos sobre Etica. Resultado de la seleccion realizada por su hijo Nicomaco de ahi el titulo con las notas que el propio autor utilizaba para sus lecciones en el Liceo la obra resume con total clarividencia las claves de la reflexion moral de su autor. Pero aun mas meritorio es el hecho de haber sido el quien por vez primera en la literatura universal aborda la disciplina como rama filosofica independiente. Para Aristoteles segun apunta Teresa Martinez Manzano en su introduccion la Etica ciencia de los habitos y el caracter no es un saber meramente teorico sino que despliega una dimension practica en la busqueda de la virtud el bien mas preciado por ser patrimonio del alma.

Genres philosophyclassicsnonfictionpoliticsschoolhistoryancientgreececollegeancient history

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,-0350

This edition

Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Published: January 11, 1962 by Prentice Hall/Simon \u0026 Schuster Company (Englewood Cliffs, NJ)
ISBN: 9780023895302
ASIN: 0023895306
Language: English

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aristotle

Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls.
Though Aristotle wrote many treatises and dialogues for publication, only around a third of his original output has survived, none of it intended for publication. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. His teachings and methods of inquiry have had a significant impact across the world, and remain a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Aristotle's views profoundly shaped medieval scholarship. The influence of his physical science extended from late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages into the Renaissance, and was not replaced systematically until the Enlightenment and theories such as classical mechanics were developed. He influenced Judeo-Islamic philosophies during the Middle Ages, as well as Christian theology, especially the Neoplatonism of the Early Church and the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church.
Aristotle was revered among medieval Muslim scholars as "The First Teacher", and among medieval Christians like Thomas Aquinas as simply "The Philosopher", while the poet Dante Alighieri called him "the master of those who know". His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, and were studied by medieval scholars such as Pierre Abélard and Jean Buridan. Aristotle's influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics.