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The Aristotle Library

The Aristotle Library

By: Aristotle
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All human beings by nature desire to understand. In The Aristotle Library, the works of Aristotle are read in full, that the listener may consider nature, virtue, reason, poetry, politics, and the first principles of things. For wisdom is not gained in haste, but by attending carefully to what is said, and by seeking the causes of what is.Public domain
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  • The Nicomachean Ethics Book III

    The Nicomachean Ethics Book III
    Jun 12 2026
    In which the nature of voluntary and involuntary actions is carefully examined, distinguishing those born of compulsion or ignorance from those arising through deliberate choice and moral reasoning. The virtues of Courage and Perfected Self-Mastery are then explored as mean states regulating fear, boldness, and pleasures, wherein right reason guides the soul’s impulses towards honourable and moderate conduct.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Nicomachean Ethics Book II

    The Nicomachean Ethics Book II
    Jun 11 2026
    In which the nature of moral excellence is discerned as a state cultivated not by innate disposition but through habitual action, carefully balanced as a mean between excess and defect, much like the craftsman perfects his art by repeated practice. And so, virtue reveals itself not as a mere feeling or capacity but as a deliberate and stable disposition, aiming always at the mean determined by reason and practical wisdom amidst the fluctuating pleasures and pains that guide human choice.
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    41 mins
  • The Nicomachean Ethics Book I

    The Nicomachean Ethics Book I
    Jun 10 2026
    In which the pursuit of the Chief Good, identified as Happiness, is examined through the lens of human faculties and virtues, recognising it as a final and self-sufficient end that animates the life of reasoned action and excellence. And thus, drawing from the nature of the soul’s rational and irrational parts, the discourse unfolds the distinctions of moral and intellectual virtues as the essence of this noblest good.
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    1 hr
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