{"product_id":"taking-life-seriously-9780802071798","title":"Taking Life Seriously","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book in modern times that makes sense of the \u003cem\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e in its entirety as an interesting philosophical argument, rather than as a compilation of relatively independent essays. In \u003cem\u003eTaking Life Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e Francis Sparshott expounds Aristotle's \u003cem\u003eNicomachean Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e as a single continuous argument, a chain of reasoned exposition on the problems of human life. He guides the reader through the whole text passage by passage, showing how every part of it makes sense in the light of what has gone before, as well as indicating problems in Aristotle's argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo knowledge of Greek is required. When the argument does depend on the precise wording of the Greek text, translations and explanatory notes are provided, and there is a glossary of Greek terms. Sparshott offers insightful and useful criticism, making \u003cem\u003eTaking Life Seriously\u003c\/em\u003e the best available companion to a first reading of the \u003cem\u003eEthics\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sparshott's refusal to deal with Aristotle in terms of standard scholarly problems is matched by his refusal (or inability) to write academic prose. What he gives us instead is sharp, chatty, sly, at times rambling, occasionally downright perverse... Readers will also find the book to be sensibly organized; that the author is generally cultivated in classics and philosophy; and that he makes his way by taking Aristotle and Aristotle's unspoiled readers extremely seriously, though in neither case at arm's length.' -- Sarah Broadie Phoenix 'This exceptional book deserves to replace W.F.R. Hardie's Aristotle's Ethical Theory (1968) as the standard one-volume companion to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics (EN). ... Few will agree with this detailed reading at every point, but it repays careful consideration. Glossary of transliterated Greek terms. Interesting quasi-ethnographic appendix, \"Aristotle's World,\" which is not about fourth-century Athens but about the world of Aristotle's theoretical construction. Highly recommended.' -- D.R.C. Reed Choice 'Sparshott succeeds in making us confront the Ethics as a whole, and his attempt to make sense of the work as we have it is refreshing in an age when scholars are often more interested in the provenance of the text than its substance.' -- David Foster Books in Canada","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138161475927,"sku":"9780802071798","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802071798.jpg?v=1751918250","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taking-life-seriously-9780802071798","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}