Nicomachean Ethics (The New Hackett Aristotle)

lvi, 447 pp. Translated into English from the original Greek with introduction and notes by C.D.C. Reeve. Artistotle's classic work on the best way to live one's life, named after his son. An excellent new translation and commentary. It will serve newcomers as an informative, accessible introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics and to many issues in Aristotle's philosophy, but also has much to offer advanced scholars. The commentary is noteworthy for its frequent citations of relevant passages from other works in Aristotle's corpus, which often shed new light on the texts. Reeve's translation is meticulous: it hits the virtuous mean--accurate and technical, yet readable--between translation's vicious extremes of faithlessness and indigestibility. - Jessica Moss, New York University