Everyman's Library. No. 547. Philosophy & Theology. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

"Nicomachean Ethics" is one of the three ethical works by Aristotle. Three works on ethics have come down to us from him personally – a unique case of its kind, which remains a mystery to researchers. There is a theory that it got its name because it was first published (about 300 BC) by Nicomachus, the son of Aristotle. There is also an assumption that Aristotle dedicated the work to his son or father, who was also called Nicomachus. "Nikomakh's ethics" consists of ten books. The writer unfolds the original definition of happiness as the activity of the soul in the fullness of virtue. The goal of ethics as a practical science is not only to know what virtue is but also to "become virtuous."