The Works of Aristotle, Vol. 9 of 12: ETHICA NICOMACHEA (Classic Reprint) Book

ETHICA NICOMACHEA BOOK I 1 EVERY art and every inquiry, and similarly every action 1094** and pursuit, is thought to aim at sonic good ; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared 1 to be that at which all things aim. But a certain difference is found among ends ; some are activities, others are products apart from the activities that produce them. Where there arc ends apart 5 from the actions, it is the nature of the products to be better than the activities. Now, as there arc many actions, arts, and sciences, their ends also are many; the end of the medical art is health, that of shipbuilding a vessel, that of strategy victory, that of economics wealth. But where such arts fall under a single capacity-as bridle-making and the other 10 arts concerned with the equipment of horses fall under the art of riding, and this and every military action under strategy, in the same way other arts fall under yet others- in all of these the ends of the master arts are to be preferrTable of Contents BOOK I THE GOOD FOR MAN; A Subject of OUY in(jleiy),; I I All human activities aim at some goo(l: some goods subordinate; to others; 2 The science of the good (or man is politics; n Naillre of t/le scimce; 3 Vc mUSI not expect more precision than the subject-matter; acimits The student should have reached years of discretion; C What z's tlte good jor man'; 4 it is generally agreed to be happiness, but there are various views; as to ",h(t happiness is What is required at the start is an llIuefsoncd; conviction about the facts, such as is produced by a good upbringing; S Discussion of the popular views that the good is pleasure, honour,; wealth; a fourth kind of life, that of contemp1ation, deferred for future; discussion; 6 Discussion of the pbiJosophical "iew that there is an Idea of good; 7 The good must be something final and sel£-suff:cient Definition; of happiness reached by considering the characteristic functRead More