Martin Ostwald Bücher

Gegenstand der Nikomachischen Ethik (ca. 335-323 v. Chr.) ist das ›tätige Leben‹ des Menschen (als einem aus Leib und Seele zusammengesetzten Ganzen): Gerechtigkeit, Tapferkeit und andere Tugenden in allem Handeln mit dem Ziel zu verwirklichen, ein Höchstmaß an Glückseligkeit zu erlangen. Die Ethiken des Aristoteles bilden die ersten grundlegenden und umfassenden Analysen zur Philosophie der Praxis. Für die 4. Auflage ist der Text der Übersetzung von Rolfes durchgesehen und im Wesentlichen unverändert übernommen worden. Beigegeben sind Einleitung, Anmerkungen, Register und Literaturhinweise von G. Bien.

Enduringly profound treatise, whose lasting effect on Western philosophy continues to resonate. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth.

This fourth volume in the Cambridge Ancient History centres on events in Greece and Persia in the sixth and fifth centuries BC, from the creation of the Persian empire to the defeat of the empire's invasion of Greece.The first section of the volume examines the Persian empire, its territories, and its expansion under Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. Second, in this era, Sparta attained maturity as the leader of a military coalition and Athens passed through a period of enlightened tyranny to a moderate democracy of dynamic energy and intelligence. Given the contrast between Greek idealism and Persian absolutism a clash between the two empires was inevitable. Important chapters deal with the revolt of Ionian Greeks against the Persians, and the two Persian invasions of Greece, including the epic battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis. The third division of the volume turns to the Western Mediterranean: Italy has now become a significant factor in the area's historical development and is explored in terms of its peoples and languages from the Bronze to the Iron Ages.