The Nicomachean Ethics Audiobook

" There's a reason why this book has been raved about for thousands of years. Pretty much what I live my life by. "

" This translation of the Ethics was recommended to me by my professor. I used it in an independent study with said professor. Out side of academica, the Nicomachean Ethics have great relevance to daily life. "

" The book comes across all levels of Ethics that includes Politics. What's interesting is that Aristotle said, "People of good up-bringing and experience in life, and to work from there to a higher understanding." Very profound. "

" A book I think every human being needs to read. A book our secondary students should be required to read, at least once. Whatever happened to ethics education? I'm not talking about indoctrination. Just training them to keep the question of "What's the right thing to do?" in mind at all times. "

" Wonderful translation, and the commentary is extremely helpful. Books viii & ix deserve a separate treatment (like this), and usually get swallowed up in translations that take the whole of NE at once. The Clarendon Aristotle Series has yet to disappoint; all the one's I've read thus far (including this one) have been top notch. "

" At university, the question we were often asked was: which came first? Politics or Ethics? It seemed very clear to me that Politics - or at least some kind of political action - was necessary for development of ethical virtue. "

" Just started it for class but so far so good. Its a slow read but interesting "

" Reading this brought me closer to suicide than I've been since the night I was busted in that embezzling scandal back when I was the COO of Nestle. "

" What a dreadful slog,my head is numb.. thank god for sparks notes "

" Apparently the most influential treatise ever written on ethics... we shall see... most of the time I need a study guide to get through it. "

" Here can be found the 'Golden Mean'... "

" This book, pertaining to ethical thought and action in the individual, was vastly more entertaining to me than The Republic. Or perhaps I just got used to the thick writing style. Either way, there were plenty of interesting tidbits here, and I particularly liked the section on friendship. "

" The first book I ever edited, for Focus Publishing. My brother did the cover art. :) "

" I'll be using this book to teach ethics, Fall 2008. "

" One of my favorites. Often marked as conflictive, I feel it's actually straight forward. I agree on many fronts on Aristotle's ethics, such as the golden mean and eudaimonia, and would like to examine its contexts compared to other religions/philosophers. "

" People are either like this or like that. If they repeatedly act like this, then they are like this. If they repeatedly act like that, then they are like that. And the superior people are clearly superior. "

" The most important book on ethics. Clear, careful, but bears multiple readings. "

" Technically a reread because I read most of it in DWC. I think I made more of an effort to understand and therefore got more out of it. It's a lot of thinking (duh) but actually relatable. "

" Hard not to make this a "5" but equally hard to do so since it suggests understanding the meaning of the text. Went back to this book looking for conceptual help understanding how practical judgment works. Aristotle helps with such architectural problems. "

" I am using this book to write a little paper developing an Aristotelian ethics system that could, in theory, be widely applied to issues in derby... cause I am a nerd "

" Aristotle invents the formal study of Ethics. For him, Ethics is a process of the self-cultivation of conduct in accordance witha balance between not too much and not too little. "

" I mean come on. fine, he started the conversation about ethics (at least the one we still have access too). but he got so much wrong. and there are so many theories that are much, much better. especially about action. that said, you can't get away from it. so read it. "

" I had to read this like four times during college and high school. Did not really care for it after having to keep revisiting it. "

" As with the Republic, I did not understand or appreciate this as much as I should have in Ancient Political Thought. It will need a reread in the near future. "

" Well, of course it's brilliant--it's Aristotle. That said, it brings up some interesting questions as far as intention goes, and I dare say that it sheds both light and shadows on Ari's influence on modern Virtue Ethics. "

" Amazing investigation about what it means to have the best possible life. I'm glad I did last semester's course. After having read the Ethics two times before by myself it now came alive in full bloom. "

" This book is a must for anyone interested in philosophy and particularly ethics. This should be the starting point for any study of virtue ethics. It's important to find a good translation. My favorite is the David Ross translation. "

" The Golden Mean, the highest form of happiness, amongst many other foods for thought. Not your typical boring passé philosophy book. Many of his ideas still apply. "

" I really should read this again. I hear it's fantastic, and I feel like I missed a lot of it, given that it was a rush-rush school assignment. "

" The kind of book that you need to read and read again, and after a while you find it filled with stick notes. You need to be in the right mood to read this book. "