Reading guide
A selection to move from quotations to Aristotle's thought, without choosing a book at random.
Reading guide
Aristotle benefits from an introduction and small steps: his questions remain very concrete, but his vocabulary asks for attention.
Our starting point
Reflecting on happiness, virtues, and the good life
It is the richest text for understanding his ideas about habits, the mean, and flourishing.
Exploring his thought on civic and collective life
Read it next, once the notions of virtue and common good from the Ethics feel familiar.
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