The foundational text of Western moral philosophy, exploring eudaimonia — human flourishing — and the virtues required to achieve it. Aristotle argues that happiness is not a feeling but an activity, the exercise of our distinctly human capacities.

Chapters

Book I — Happiness and the Chief Good

Book II — Moral Virtue

Book III — Voluntary Action and the Moral Virtues

Book IV — The Virtues of Character

Book V — Justice

Book VI — Intellectual Virtue

Book VII — Continence, Incontinence, and Pleasure

Book VIII — Friendship

Book IX — Friendship Continued

Book X — Pleasure and Happiness

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