{"product_id":"9780786132546","title":"The Nicomachean Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed for Aristotle's son, Nicomachus, who was the first to edit this work, \u003ci\u003eThe Nicomachean Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics. In the ten books of this work, Aristotle explains the good life for man: the life of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Aristotle, happiness exists when the soul is in accordance with virtue. Virtue exists in a deliberate choice of actions that take a middle course between excess and deficiency; this is the famous doctrine of the \"golden mean.\" Courage, for example, is the mean between cowardice and rashness. Justice is the mean between a man's getting more or less than his due. The supreme happiness, according to Aristotle, is to be found in a life of philosophical contemplation or, at least, in a virtuous life of political activity and public munificence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Translated by Sir David Ross (based on Bywater's text from the Oxford edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Works of Aristotle Translated into English\u003c\/i\u003e, volume IX), with minor revisions by J. L. Ackrill and J O. Urmson)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094226157808,"sku":"9780786132546","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786132546_p0.jpg?v=1763665343","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786132546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}