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How to Flourish
An Ancient Guide to Living Well
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"A selection of key passage from Aristotle's seminal work the Nicomachean Ethics, which sets out what it means to flourish and live life well"--
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully abridged version of the entire work in a highly readable and colloquial new translation by Susan Sauve Meyer that makes Aristotle's timeless insights about how to lead a good life more engaging and accessible than ever before.
For Aristotle, flourishing involves becoming a good person through practice, and having a life of the mind. To that end, he draws vivid portraits of virtuous and vicious characters and offers sound practical advice about everything from eating and drinking to managing money, controlling anger, getting along with others, and telling jokes. He also distinguishes different kinds of wisdom that are essential to flourishing and offers an unusual perspective on how to appreciate our place in the universe and our relation to the divine.
Omitting Aristotle's digressions and repetitions and overly technical passages, How to Flourish provides connecting commentary that allows readers to follow the continuous line of his thought; it also features the original Greek on facing pages. The result is an inviting and lively version of an essential work about how to flourish and lead a good life.
This is a splendid introduction to Aristotle's conception of happiness, in his own words. The translation is at once elegant, readable, and precise, and Susan Sauve Meyer's crisp prefatory explanations highlight and clarify the essence of Aristotle's argument at each stage. The abbreviated text lets Aristotle's train of thought stand out clearly, and the omitted parts—digressions and the like—are briefly summarised. It is a remarkable achievement. - David Konstan, author of The Origin of Sin: Greece and Rome, Early Judaism and Christianity
Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780691238623
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 20 June 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 4 b/w fig
Contributors:
- Translated with commentary by Susan Sauvé Meyer
- Edited and translated by Susan Sauvé Meyer
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 114.0mm
Height: 171.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 328
About the Author
Susan Sauve Meyer is professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and a specialist in Greek and Roman philosophy. Her books include Ancient Ethics: An Introduction and Aristotle on Moral Responsibility. More than 100,000 people around the world have enrolled in her open-access online courses on ancient philosophy.
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