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Aristóteles. Ética nicomaquea, Ética eudemiana

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Autor de una obra que comprende disciplinas tan dispares como la lógica, la retórica, la metafísica o la biología, Aristóteles ha sido durante más de quince siglos el filósofo por excelencia. Su sistema, basado en la observación directa de la realidad, se ha asentado en los cimientos de la cultura y la mentalidad europeas, hasta el punto de que aún hoy podríamos rastrear las huellas de su pensamiento en muchas ideas y convicciones que consideramos reflejos del sentido común.
El desarrollo de la ética com disciplina filosófica es una de sus mayores aportaciones. A diferencia de su predecesores, no la considera una mera discusión sobre los medios adecuados para lograr la felicidad, sino una ciencia centrada en el estudio del carácter, las virtudes y las categorías de lo justo y lo bueno que permite comprometerse con la realidad de una manera más consciente y plena, y concebir nuestra vida como una auténtica aventura intelectual.

590 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2010

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Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls.
Though Aristotle wrote many treatises and dialogues for publication, only around a third of his original output has survived, none of it intended for publication. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. His teachings and methods of inquiry have had a significant impact across the world, and remain a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Aristotle's views profoundly shaped medieval scholarship. The influence of his physical science extended from late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages into the Renaissance, and was not replaced systematically until the Enlightenment and theories such as classical mechanics were developed. He influenced Judeo-Islamic philosophies during the Middle Ages, as well as Christian theology, especially the Neoplatonism of the Early Church and the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church.
Aristotle was revered among medieval Muslim scholars as "The First Teacher", and among medieval Christians like Thomas Aquinas as simply "The Philosopher", while the poet Dante Alighieri called him "the master of those who know". His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, and were studied by medieval scholars such as Pierre Abélard and Jean Buridan. Aristotle's influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics.

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June 19, 2024
9 o 9.5. Su unico problema es lo repetitivo que es, sin embargo Aristoteles tiene una agudeza gigante sobre la naturaleza humana. LIBRAZO
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70 reviews2 followers
August 27, 2012
Ética aristotélica básica... Imperdible.
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November 12, 2022
Essa deve ser provavelmente a obra mais completa de Aristóteles.
Visando tratar da felicidade do homem, perpassa pelo que diferencia o homem para com os outros animais, elemento tá alma em excelência completa, o definir do prazer e do bem, assim como as constituições de sociedade que fornecem o melhor retorno social e pessoal de felicidade, ao final da ética eudemica trata até mesmo sobre que é capaz de fornecer o impulso inicial para as atividades e a diferenciação do homem, movido por partes que mandam para um fim, de Deus, que com o fim em vista fornece ordens. Sem excluir evidentemente a tese central que se chega ainda na nicomáqueia, na qual a virtude não se encontra em um contrário de uma má postura mas entre duas, a exemplo o corajoso é o termo entre o imprudente e o covarde.

Outros temas: definição de riqueza(não pode ser o bem em si mas meio), dinheiro (Mediador que torna as coisas mensuráveis, sem troca sem comunidade e sem igualdade sem troca) e valor (definido por alguém que não possui).
Ato de cometer injustiças, os desejos em si próprio, tal como a amizade, as leis devem existir para direcionar os bons atos, ato de deliberar se da para os meios, temperança e os praxes e a vil perseguição dos excessos.


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2,476 reviews10 followers
February 26, 2025
I got to this one 2 ways- 1 through a reading challenge and 2 through a quote at the beginning of a chapter in The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter.

This seemed surprisingly accessible at first, but read a lot longer the further I got into it. He covered topics thoroughly and seemed to touch on geometry amongst his discussion of ethics, governments, and friendship. I only read the Nichomachean Ethics portion. I'd read elsewhere that the Eudemion Ethics was an earlier work and not quite as fleshed out.

It was written in 350BC and it was strange to think about his world compared to ours today.

I read this as part of the Literary Life's Books of the Centuries challenge (repeating 2024's challenge, but this time in order) and I'm excited to see everything building on each other.
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24 reviews
October 23, 2025
sobre las virtudes esta bueno como explica el termino medio entre extremos, pero muchas veces el termino medio, a mi parecer, suena a un extremo (como si nunca se acabasen)

de la voluntariedad lo que más me gusto es un punto débil del estoicismo; cuando hay voluntad y cuando no, siempre me costo esa distinción y en uno de los primeros capítulos se explica bien

se habla mucho sobre la amistad, los tipos de amistad, compatibilidad entre estas (como amistad por interes) (o amistad entre malvados) etc

críticas: es muy repetitivo, claramente escribe desde su materialismo histórico, es bueno como introducción, crítica bastante a platón
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257 reviews1 follower
November 2, 2024
Creo que es un libro que tiene que estudiarse con cuidado o corres el riesgo de pasar por alto muchísimos detalles. Aunque aristotoles no era poseedor de la verdad absoluta en muchas cuestiones se acerca muchísimo, a pesar de que han pasado más de 2,000 años de que vivió. Con el tiempo tendré que releerlo por partes y con más calma.
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16 reviews
April 5, 2024
Me ha gustau más de lo que esperaba, pero no soy yo una chica muy aristotélica
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August 16, 2025
uuuuuhhjjj me recuerda a mi adolescencia cuando estaba en la prepa y llevé filosofía jaaaaaaa que asombro Aristóteles con tus filosofadas eres un naco y estupido
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140 reviews3 followers
August 6, 2017
Un libro obligado para todos los interesados en ética y filosofía.
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