Nicomachean Ethics
Essential Life Skills You'll Learn
Critical Thinking Through Literature
Develop analytical skills by examining the complex themes and character motivations in Nicomachean Ethics, learning to question assumptions and see multiple perspectives.
Historical Context Understanding
Learn to place events and ideas within their historical context, understanding how Nicomachean Ethics reflects and responds to the issues of its time.
Empathy and Perspective-Taking
Build empathy by experiencing life through the eyes of characters from different times, backgrounds, and circumstances in Nicomachean Ethics.
Recognizing Timeless Human Nature
Understand that human nature remains constant across centuries, as Nicomachean Ethics reveals patterns of behavior and motivation that persist today.
Articulating Complex Ideas
Improve your ability to express nuanced thoughts and feelings by engaging with the sophisticated language and themes in Nicomachean Ethics.
Moral Reasoning and Ethics
Develop your ethical reasoning by grappling with the moral dilemmas and philosophical questions raised throughout Nicomachean Ethics.
These skills are woven throughout the analysis, helping you see how classic literature provides practical guidance for navigating today's complex world.
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's foundational work on how to live well. Rather than abstract rules, he focuses on developing practical wisdom and virtuous character through habit. Still studied today, it offers timeless insights on friendship, pleasure, and what it truly means to flourish as a human being.
Meet Your Guide
Alex, 43
executive coach for tech founders at Silicon Valley coaching practice
married to philosopher, teenage kids, balancing work and family
Throughout this guide, you'll follow Alex's story as they navigate situations that mirror the classic. teaching virtue to people optimizing for different values
Table of Contents
The Search for True Happiness
Aristotle opens his exploration of the good life by asking a fundamental question: What are we all r...
Building Character Through Daily Habits
Aristotle delivers one of philosophy's most practical insights: you become what you repeatedly do. J...
The Anatomy of Choice
Aristotle dissects what makes our actions truly our own versus those we're forced into by circumstan...
Money, Honor, and Finding Your Balance
Aristotle dives deep into how we handle money, honor, and our relationships with others, showing tha...
Justice as Fairness and Balance
Aristotle breaks down justice into two main types that we encounter daily. The first is distributive...
Two Types of Wisdom
Aristotle breaks down the mind into two thinking parts: one that deals with unchanging truths (like ...
Self-Control and the Battle Within
Aristotle tackles one of life's most frustrating puzzles: why do we sometimes do things we know are ...
The Three Types of Friendship
Aristotle breaks down friendship into three distinct categories that still ring true today. Friendsh...
The Art of Loving Others and Yourself
Aristotle tackles the messy realities of human relationships, starting with a fundamental question: ...
The Good Life and True Happiness
Aristotle concludes his great work on ethics by examining what truly makes life worth living. He tac...
About Aristotle
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and polymath who made foundational contributions to virtually every field of knowledge. A student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, Aristotle founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens. His Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most influential works in moral philosophy, exploring virtue, happiness, and the good life. Aristotle's systematic approach to ethics, emphasizing practical wisdom and the cultivation of virtue through habituation, shaped Western moral thought for centuries.
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