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Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics

by Aristotle

Read by Geoffrey Edwards · LibriVox

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle is one of the foundational works of Western philosophy, exploring the nature of happiness, virtue, character, and the good life. Rather than treating ethics as a set of abstract rules, Aristotle examines how… Read more

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  1. 1. Chapter I
  2. 2. Chapter II
  3. 3. But to return from this digression.
  4. 4. Chapter IV
  5. 5. Chapter V
  6. 6. Chapter VI
  7. 7. Chapter VII
  8. 8. Chapter VIII
  9. 9. Chapter IX
  10. 10. Chapter X
  11. 11. Chapter XI
  12. 12. Chapter I
  13. 13. Chapter II
  14. 14. Chapter III
  15. 15. Chapter IV
  16. 16. Chapter V
  17. 17. Chapter VI
  18. 18. Chapter VII
  19. 19. Chapter VIII
  20. 20. Chapter IX
  21. 21. Chapter I
  22. 22. Chapter II
  23. 23. Chapter III
  24. 24. Chapter IV
  25. 25. Chapter V
  26. 26. Chapter VI
  27. 27. Chapter VII
  28. 28. Chapter VIII
  29. 29. Chapter IX
  30. 30. Chapter X
  31. 31. Chapter XI
  32. 32. Chapter XII
  33. 33. Chapter XIII
  34. 34. Chapter XIV
  35. 35. Chapter I
  36. 36. Chapter II
  37. 37. Chapter III
  38. 38. Chapter IV
  39. 39. Chapter V
  40. 40. Chapter VI
  41. 41. Chapter VII
  42. 42. Chapter VIII
  43. 43. Chapter IX
  44. 44. Chapter X
  45. 45. Chapter XI
  46. 46. Chapter I
  47. 47. Chapter II
  48. 48. Chapter III
  49. 49. Chapter IV
  50. 50. Chapter V
  51. 51. Chapter VI
  52. 52. Chapter VII
  53. 53. Chapter VIII
  54. 54. Chapter IX
  55. 55. Chapter X
  56. 56. Chapter XI
  57. 57. Chapter XII
  58. 58. Chapter XIII
  59. 59. Chapter XIV
  60. 60. Chapter XV
  61. 61. Chapter XVI
  62. 62. Chapter XVII
  63. 63. Chapter I
  64. 64. Chapter II
  65. 65. Chapter III
  66. 66. Chapter IV
  67. 67. Chapter V
  68. 68. Chapter VI
  69. 69. Chapter VII
  70. 70. Chapter VIII
  71. 71. Chapter IX
  72. 72. Chapter X
  73. 73. Chapter XI
  74. 74. Chapter XII
  75. 75. Appendix
  76. 76. Chapter I
  77. 77. Chapter II
  78. 78. Chapter III
  79. 79. Chapter IV
  80. 80. Chapter V
  81. 81. Chapter VI
  82. 82. Chapter VII
  83. 83. Chapter VIII
  84. 84. Chapter IX
  85. 85. Chapter I
  86. 86. Chapter II
  87. 87. Chapter III
  88. 88. Chapter IV
  89. 89. Chapter V
  90. 90. Chapter VI
  91. 91. Chapter VII
  92. 92. Chapter VIII
  93. 93. Chapter IX
  94. 94. Chapter X
  95. 95. Chapter XI
  96. 96. Chapter XII
  97. 97. Chapter XIII
  98. 98. Chapter XIV
  99. 99. Chapter I
  100. 100. Chapter II
  101. 101. Chapter III
  102. 102. Chapter IV
  103. 103. Chapter V
  104. 104. Chapter VI
  105. 105. Chapter VII
  106. 106. Chapter VIII
  107. 107. Chapter IX
  108. 108. Chapter X
  109. 109. Chapter XI
  110. 110. Chapter XII
  111. 111. Chapter I
  112. 112. Chapter II
  113. 113. Chapter III
  114. 114. Chapter IV
  115. 115. Chapter V
  116. 116. Chapter VI
  117. 117. Chapter VII
  118. 118. Chapter VIII
  119. 119. Notes
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Transcript 28. Chapter VIII

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Read by Geoffrey Edwards · LibriVox

Well now, we have stated generally respecting the Moral Virtues, the genus (in outline), that they are mean states, and that they are habits, and how they are formed, and that they are of themselves calculated to act upon the circumstances out of which they were formed, and that they are in our own power and voluntary, and are to be done so as right Reason may direct.

But the particular actions and the habits are not voluntary in the same sense; for of the actions we are masters from beginning to end (supposing of course a knowledge of the particular details), but only of the origination of the habits, the addition by small particular accessions not being cognisiable (as is the case with sicknesses): still they are voluntary because it rested with us to use our circumstances this way or that.

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