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The development of moral philosophy is explored over two millennia, beginning with the foundational ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. This first volume of a comprehensive three-part series provides a historical and critical analysis of Western ethics, tracing its evolution from ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Terence Irwin offers insights into the key thinkers and concepts that shaped moral thought throughout history.

Focusing on the evolution of moral philosophy from the 16th to the 18th century, this volume provides in-depth analysis and critical discussions of influential thinkers such as Suarez, Grotius, Hobbes, and Rousseau. It explores the key ethical concepts and debates that shaped modern moral thought, highlighting the contributions of figures like Hume, Reid, Hutcheson, and Butler. This selective study serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the historical context and development of ethical theories during this transformative period.

Terence Irwin presents a historical and critical study of the entire development of Western moral philosophy. The first volume covers ancient and medieval thought; the second the early modern period; the third goes from the late 18th to the late 20th century. Irwin offers illuminating discussion of every important thinker in the history of ethics.

The Nicomachean Ethics is the name normally given to Aristotle's best-known work on ethics. The work, which plays a pre-eminent role in defining Aristotelian ethics, consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The title is often assumed to refer to his son Nicomachus, to whom the work was dedicated or who may have edited it (although his young age makes this less likely). Alternatively, the work may have been dedicated to his father, who was also called Nicomachus. Source: Wikipedia

Offers central works of Aristotle in a volume designed especially with the needs of beginnings students in mind. The translation renders Aristotle's arguments clearly and accurately, with careful attention to technical terms. Brief clarifying and explanatory notes on selected passages are appended. An extensive glossary explains some crucial terms and concepts, comments on questions of translation, and provides cross-references; it will prove especially useful to those approaching Aristotle for the first time.

This is a clear and lucid examination of the major philosophers and schools in the 1,100 years or so from Homer to Saint Augustine.