full title
Nicomachean Ethics
author Aristotle
type of work Philosophical treatise
language Ancient (Classical or Attic) Greek
time and place written Between 334 and 323 b.c. in
Athens; composed as lecture notes for Aristotle’s courses at the
Lyceum
date of first publication Compiled by editors an indeterminate, short time after Aristotle’s
death
narrator The Ethics are notes from Aristotle’s
lectures, so the speaker is undoubtedly Aristotle himself
major topics Virtue and happiness; moral education; the doctrine
of the mean; the unity of the virtues; the importance of friendship;
the life of contemplation
payment page
