The book mainly pertaining to politics was put together from lecture notes and on a treatise from one of Aristotle’s pupils. Aristotle proposes that happiness results from the exercise of virtue in human nature. In his view there are two different types of virtues, which are intellectual and moral and that both of them are derived from the human soul. He also proposes that the human soul contains a humans passions and appetite, this makes up the persons character. The Nicomachean Ethics contains a total of ten books, which range from moral virtue to friendship. In the tenth and final book Aristotle takes a close look into pleasure and how it relates to ethics. He also looks into the issue of speculative wisdom. Aristotle deems speculative wisdom to be the highest virtue of all as listed in his book. He states that exercising the virtue of speculative wisdom leads to a contemplation of truth and that this is what helps a person achieve the highest level of happiness. Horace Rackham stated that although Aristotle’s book does not do so, the document should return the issue of politics and it should point out the business of politics also. He also states that the best way to organize the state is a way to optimize the greatest number of citizens for them to attain the virtue of speculative wisdom and for them to be able to use it (Cook). The writer of this paper believes
The book mainly pertaining to politics was put together from lecture notes and on a treatise from one of Aristotle’s pupils. Aristotle proposes that happiness results from the exercise of virtue in human nature. In his view there are two different types of virtues, which are intellectual and moral and that both of them are derived from the human soul. He also proposes that the human soul contains a humans passions and appetite, this makes up the persons character. The Nicomachean Ethics contains a total of ten books, which range from moral virtue to friendship. In the tenth and final book Aristotle takes a close look into pleasure and how it relates to ethics. He also looks into the issue of speculative wisdom. Aristotle deems speculative wisdom to be the highest virtue of all as listed in his book. He states that exercising the virtue of speculative wisdom leads to a contemplation of truth and that this is what helps a person achieve the highest level of happiness. Horace Rackham stated that although Aristotle’s book does not do so, the document should return the issue of politics and it should point out the business of politics also. He also states that the best way to organize the state is a way to optimize the greatest number of citizens for them to attain the virtue of speculative wisdom and for them to be able to use it (Cook). The writer of this paper believes