Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics asks what makes a human life go well. It traces eudaimonia through rational activity, trained virtue, practical wisdom, justice, friendship, and pleasure, while testing tensions between contemplation and civic action, individual flourishing and community, and general principles and particular circumstances.
10 chapters
Politics
Aristotle’s Politics asks what a city is for, who should rule, and how law and education can help people live well. It moves from household life and wealth through citizenship, competing constitutions, and political change to a best city organized around virtue, peace, leisure, and learning. The work offers a framework for judging political arrangements against human flourishing and local circumstances.
11 chapters