Nicomachean Ethics

OF CHAPTERS

of the Ethics of Aristotle the Stagirite

to Nicomachus.

CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

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On the universal desire for the good, and the diversity of ends. chap. 1.
That there is one end of things to be done which belongs to the civil faculty. chap. 2
On the manner of proceeding, and the moral auditor. chap. 3
On the highest good, and the proper education of the auditor. chap. 4.
That happiness is not pleasure, honor, virtue, or riches. chap. 5
That it is not an Idea. chap. 6
On the subject of happiness, its substance, and the precepts to be observed in every science. chap. 7
On the agreement of the sayings of the ancients with true happiness, and on the triple good necessary for happiness. chap. 8
On the manner of attaining happiness. chap. 9
Who should be called happy in this life, and what happiness is. chap. 10
That the fortunes of descendants pertain to the deceased. chap. 11
That happiness is an honorable good rather than a laudable one. chap. 12
On the twofold part of the soul and the division of virtue. chap. 13

CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK.

On the production of intellectual and moral virtue. chap. 1
That virtue is corrupted by excess and defect, inclining toward moderate operations. chap. 2

That moral virtue is concerned with pleasures and pains. chap. 3
The difference between doing just things and acting justly. chap. 4
On passion, power, and habit: and that habit is the genus of virtue. chap. 5
On the twofold mean and the substance of virtue. chap. 6
The disposition of the means between two extremes. chap. 7
On the mutual opposition of virtues and vices. chap. 8
On the precepts which lead to the mean itself. chap. 9

CHAPTERS OF THE THIRD BOOK.

On the voluntary and involuntary. chap. 1
On choice. chap. 2
On deliberation. chap. 3
On the will, and the object of the will. chap. 4
On those things which are in our power. chap. 5
On fortitude and the courageous man. chap. 6
On the diversity of things feared, and the extremes of fortitude. chap. 7
That there are five modes of fortitude which are not true. chap. 8
On the properties of fortitude. chap. 9
On temperance. chap. 10
That there are various species of desires. chap. 11
On the extremes of temperance. chap. 12

CHAPTERS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.

On liberality, and its extremes. chap. 1
On magnificence, and its extremes. chap. 2
On magnanimity, and its extre-