The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle<br><br>If this be accepted it would seem that a Translator may fairly wish to direct though not to deprecate criticism by stating what end he has borne 1n view.<br><br>My object then in the present work is to assist two classes of Students - those to whom the text itself of the Ethics presents difficulties and those who may need an interpreter of its meaning. To effect the first of these purposes I have endeavoured to translate closely Without merely construing. With a view to the second I have attempted so to translate that each passage should commit itself to some definite view of the meaning of the original.<br><br>For the sake of simplicity I have as far as possible rendered the Greek terms always by the same English ones conceiving that what might be lost in elegance would be more than compensated by clearness and intelligibleness. I have assumed throughout that the original work is of a colloquial not stifi and formal character.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.