{"product_id":"practices-of-reason-c-d-c-reeve-9780198235651","title":"Practices of Reason: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics","description":"This book is an exploration of the epistemological, metaphysical, and psychological foundations of the \u003cem\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e. In a striking reversal of current orthodoxy, Reeve argues that scientific knowledge (\u003cem\u003eepisteme\u003c\/em\u003e) is possible in ethics, that dialectic and understanding (\u003cem\u003enous\u003c\/em\u003e) play essentially the same role in ethics as in an Aristotelian science, and that the distinctive role of practical wisdom (\u003cem\u003ephronesis\u003c\/em\u003e) is to use the knowledge of universals provided by science, dialectic, and understanding so as to best promote happiness (\u003cem\u003eeudaimonia\u003c\/em\u003e) in particular circumstances and to ensure a happy life. Turning to happiness itself, Reeves develops a new account of Aristotle's views on ends and functions, exposing their twofold nature. He argues that the activation of theoretical wisdom is primary happiness, and that the activation of practical wisdom--when it is for the sake of primary happiness--is happiness of a secondary kind. He concludes with an account of the virtues of character, external goods, and friends, and their place in the happy life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. D. C. Reeve,Wei Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198235658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198235651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.45w x 0.58d","brand":"C. D. C. Reeve","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930643448063,"sku":"9780198235651","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecf8f5d1-bf2d-47ec-96b2-bb8d5b6dd5da.jpg?v=1766343265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/practices-of-reason-c-d-c-reeve-9780198235651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}