Nicomachean Ethics cover art

Nicomachean Ethics

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Nicomachean Ethics

By: Aristotle, W. D. Ross - translator
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, said to be dedicated to Aristotle's son, Nicomachus, is widely regarded as one of the most important works in the history of Western philosophy. Addressing the question of how men should best live, Aristotle's treatise is not a mere philosophical meditation on the subject, but a practical examination that aims to provide a guide for living out its recommendations. The result is a deep inquiry into the nature and means of attaining happiness, which Aristotle defines as consisting not merely of pleasure or an emotional state, but of a virtuous and morally led life. This edition is the translation by W. D. Ross.

Public Domain (P)2011 Tantor Ethics & Morality Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Stoicism

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Last Days of Socrates cover art
On the Origin of Species cover art
The Iliad of Homer cover art
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking cover art
Guns, Germs and Steel cover art
The Selfish Gene cover art
A History of the World cover art
Maps of Meaning cover art
Orthodoxy cover art
Maimonides cover art
Jung cover art
The Age of Reason cover art
The Adventure of English cover art
Asian Journals cover art
Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD cover art
Lincoln cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Prichard made it a chore to listen to though the content and translation were stellar.

A great translation; a lacklustre performance

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
To be honest, this book is not a kind of book that someone can read it to you. I took Nichomacean Ethics as one of my PhilText courses and I bought the audiobook as well as the book itself. But Aristotle's arguments are sophisticated enough that are difficult to understand even after spending some quality time on them. So the audio version is probably good for those who have already mastered the arguments in the book and are trying to have it in their mind for teaching purposes or some such.

Good for teachers

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.