One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer by Aristotle - ISBN: 9780241472866
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Can happiness be defined? Aristotle’s timeless wisdom guides the way.

One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer

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    128 pages

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    1 December 2020

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Summary

‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’

How can one live well in the world? What does it mean to be happy? In this selection from The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle probes the nature of happiness and virtue in a quest to divine an ethical value system. Exploring ideas of community, responsibility, courage, friendship, agency, reasoning, desire and pleasure, these are some …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241472866
ISBN-10:0241472865
Author:Aristotle
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:1 December 2020
Weight:81g
Dimensions:73mm x 110mm x 179mm
Series:Penguin Great Ideas
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer by Aristotle - ISBN: 9780241472866
110 × 179 mm
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About The Author

Aristotle

Aristotle was born in the Macedonian city of Stagira in 384 BC, and died in 322. He studied in Plato’s Academy in Athens and later became tutor to Alexander the Great, before establishing his own school in Athens, called the Lyceum. His writings, which were of extraordinary range, profoundly affected the whole course of ancient, medieval and modern philosophy. Many of them have survived, including The Nicomachean Ethics, The Politics and Poetics, among others.

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