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Summary and Analysis Book V: Chapter III – Distributive Justice

Aristotle

Summary Distributive justice always involves two persons and two things. Its aim is to distribute the things in such a way that the relative positions of the two persons prior to the transaction are maintained after the transactions, i.e., the thing is divided proportionally to the merit of the persons […]

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Summary and Analysis Book V: Chapter II – Particular Justice — Distributive and Remedial

Aristotle

Summary Particular justice is justice as it relates to the individual. In this sense justice is a part of virtue, and a concept which must be understood if one is to be virtuous in all areas of action. Particular injustice is best defined as taking more or less than one’s […]

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Summary and Analysis Book V: Chapter I – Various Definitions of Justice

Aristotle

Summary The study of justice and injustice has three main elements: (a) determination of the kind of actions that come within the scope of each, (b) determination of what kind of mean justice is, (c) determination of the extremes between which justice is to be found. The word justice has […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Analysis for Book IV

Aristotle

In this book Aristotle continues with an account of the virtues which are exemplified in the good life. It is indeed a remarkable conception of human character which he describes and one that presents the Greek ideal at its very best. The virtues enumerated in this part of the Ethics […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter IX – Shame and Modesty

Aristotle

Summary Shame or modesty resembles an emotion more than a characteristic. It can be defined as fear of disrepute or disgrace, and is most appropriate to the young. Shamelessness is unquestionably a vice, but proper shame is not a virtue in the full sense. If a man committed an indecent […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter VIII – Wittiness and Tact

Aristotle

Summary Because relaxation is an important part of life, good taste and propriety in one’s social relations are a virtue of great value. Wittiness, the mean in this area, pertains to what one says and how one says it, as well as to how and when one listens. Its essential […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter VII – Truthfulness

Aristotle

Summary In almost the same sphere as that of friendliness, one finds another nameless virtue. Its excessive extreme is boastfulness; its deficient extreme is self-depreciation. This virtue is concerned with truthfulness in speech, action, and pretense, especially in regard to describing one’s own abilities, qualities, and attributes.

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter VI – Friendliness

Aristotle

Summary Friendliness is the mean in human relations, which includes all dealings with our fellow men — recreational, business, political, etc. The excessive extreme is obsequiousness, the deficient extreme is grouchiness. This virtue differs from friendship in that it does not require emotion or affection for those with whom one […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter V – Gentleness

Aristotle

Summary Gentleness or good temper is the mean in feelings of anger. Short temper or irascibility is the excess, the deficiency has no name but may be called insufficient anger or apathy. The emotion of anger can be caused by many different factors, but the good-tempered man is always angry […]

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Summary and Analysis Book IV: Chapter IV – Ambition and Lack of Ambition

Aristotle

Summary Ambition and lack of ambition are the extremes of a nameless virtue which is related to high-mindedness in the same way that generosity is related to magnificence. It may be defined as desiring honor in the right amount, in the right manner, for the right reason, and at the […]

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Book chapters

  • Study Help Essay Questions
  • Critical Essays Aristotle’s Method and Place in Intellectual History
  • Critical Essays Aristotle’s Works
  • Aristotle Biography
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Analysis for Book X
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter IX – Ethics and Politics
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter VIII – Advantages of the Contemplative Life
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter VII – The Contemplative Life Is the Highest Happiness
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter VI – Happiness
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter V – The Value and Function of Pleasure
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter IV – The True Nature of Pleasure
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter III – The Doctrine That Pleasure Is Evil
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter II – The Doctrine That Pleasure Is the Good
  • Summary and Analysis Book X: Chapter I – The Importance of Pleasure
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Analysis for Book IX
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Chapter XII – The Value and Influence of Friendship
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Chapter XI – Friends in Times of Adversity and Prosperity
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Chapter X – Should One Limit the Number of His Friends?
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Chapter IX – Friendship and Happiness
  • Summary and Analysis Book IX: Chapter VIII – Self-Love
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