Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1 Happiness 11
I Complete Virtue and a Complete Life 13
II Pleasure and Virtue 20
III Virtue and Reason 25
IV Activity 34
V Conclusion 45
2 Magnanimity and Justice 49
I Magnanimity 57
II Justice 71
III Conclusion 82
3 Prudence and Wisdom 85
I The Objects of Thought 91
II Sophia 96
III Phron&ebar;sis 102
A Poi&ebar;sis and Praxis 102
B Universals and Particulars 103
C The Kinds of Phron&ebar;sis 111
IV Sophia and Phron&ebar;sis 117
4 Friendship and Happiness 124
I Happiness 126
II Friendship 137
A The Problem of Honor Revisited 137
B Mothers and Benefactors 140
C Beneficence and Complete Virtue 145
III The Kinship Between The&obar;ria and Praxis 149
A The Potential Philosopher 150
B The Ethical Man 152
C The Philosopher as Benefactor 158
D The&obar;ria and Praxis in the Ethics 160
A Brief Bibliography 165
Notes 169