CONTENTS 
THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS 
BOOK I. The Aim of Man 
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Definition of the good 
Primacy of statecraft 
Two observations on the study of ethics 
The good as happiness 
Conflicting views of happiness 
Criticism of the Platonic doctrine of archetypes 
Functional definition of man’s highest good 
Confirmation by popular beliefs 
Sources of happiness 
Happiness and the vicissitudes of fortune 
Derivation of the two kinds of human excellence 
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BOOK II. Moral Virtue 
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How moral virtue is acquired 
On right method 
Pleasure and pain as tests of virtue 
Virtue and virtuous action 
The genus of moral virtue 
Differentia of moral virtue: doctrine of the mean 
Species of the moral mean 
Various relations of extremes and mean 
Difficulties of attaining the mean 
JBOOK III. The Will 
Willing and unwilling action 
Purposive choice 
Deliberation 
Wish 
Responsibility for both good and evil 
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¥ BOOK IV. Particular Virtues 
ii. Munificence 
ii. Aristocratic pride 
IBOOK VI. The Intellectual Virtues 
i. Introduction 
ii. Intellectual virtue distinguished from moral 
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