TY - BOOK ID - 5484146 TI - Taking Life Seriously PY - 1996 VL - 4 SN - 9780802071798 9780802029539 0802029531 0802071791 0802050018 1442627352 9786612045387 1282045385 1442680326 9781405120203 1405120215 1405120207 9781405120210 9781442680326 1442658088 1442639679 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - Ethics KW - Philosophie ancienne KW - Morale KW - Aristotle. KW - Authors, Canadian (English) KW - Judges KW - Politicians KW - Lawyers KW - Écrivains canadiens-anglais KW - Juges KW - Hommes politiques KW - Avocats KW - Advocates KW - Attorneys KW - Bar KW - Barristers KW - Jurists KW - Legal profession KW - Solicitors KW - Representation in administrative proceedings KW - Statesmen KW - Alcaldes KW - Cadis KW - Chief justices KW - Chief magistrates KW - Justices KW - Magistrates KW - Courts KW - Authors, Canadian KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Officials and employees KW - Nova Scotia KW - Nouvelle-Écosse KW - Nouvelle-Ecosse KW - Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, KW - Slick, Sam, KW - Ethics. KW - Aristotle KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Canadian authors KW - Chandler Haliburton, Thomas, KW - Persons KW - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. KW - Aristotle. - Nicomachean ethics. KW - Ethica Nicomachea. KW - Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle) KW - Ethica Nicomachea (Aristotle) KW - Sefer ha-midot ʻal-shem Niḳomakhus (Aristotle) KW - Aristotelis Ethica Nicomachea (Aristotle) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5484146 AB - This is the first book in modern times that makes sense of the Nicomachean Ethics in its entirety as an interesting philosophical argument, rather than as a compilation of relatively independent essays. In Taking Life Seriously Francis Sparshott expands Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as a single, continuous argument, a chain of reasoned exposition on the problems of human life. He guides the reader through the whole text passage by passage, showing how every part of it makes sense in the light of what has gone before, as well as indicating problems in Aristotle's argument. No knowledge of Greek is required. When the argument does depend on the precise wording of the Greek text, translation and explanatory notes are provided, and there is a glossary of Greek terms. Sparshott offers insightful and useful criticism, making Taking Life Seriously the best available companion to a first reading of the Ethics. ER -