亚里士多德:尼各马可伦理学 英文原版The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle Previously published as Ethics, Aristotle's "The Nicomachean Ethics" addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated from the Greek by J.A.K. Thomson with revisions and notes by Hugh Tredennick, and an introduction and bibliography by Jonathan Barnes. 'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'. In "The Nicomachean Ethics", Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul in accordance with virtue', for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. The Ethics also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the