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The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Category: Philosophy and Religion
One of the most important philosophical works of all time, in a new Penguin Classics translation. Aristotle's classic treatise is based on his famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency. Reacting against Plato's absolutism, Aristotle insist ...Show more
The Politics by Aristotle
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Oxford World's Classics
The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. The work of one of the world's greatest philosophers, it draws on Arist ...Show more
The Politics by Aristotle
Category: Classic
Building upon the foundations of his seminal discussion of the good life, virtue, happiness, and the golden mean in the "Nicomachean Ethics", Aristotle now turns his attention to man as a political being and to the nature of the state. How do human relationships mirror specific political associations? W ...Show more
The Politics by Aristotle
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Penguin Classics
Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, "The Politics" still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish ...Show more
The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle Circle Staff; Peter L. Phillips Simpson (Editor)
Category: Reference
A touchstone in Western debates about society and government, the Politics is Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political community. Here, he argues that people band together into political communities to secure a good and self-sufficient life. He discusses the merits and defects of various regi ...Show more