Essays on Aristotle's Ethics
- ISBN-10
- 0520040414
- ISBN-13
- 9780520040410
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 438
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Amélie Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie Rorty Oksenberg
Description
"Uniformly distinguished. . . . The cream of the philosophical thinking that has been done by students of Aristotle in this country and in Britain in the last few years. This compilation will mark a high point of excellence in its genre."—Gregory Vlastos, University of California, Berkeley
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