Description
Product ID: | 9780241472866 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Great Ideas |
Title: | One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer |
Authors: | Author: Aristotle |
Page Count: | 128 |
Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ancient Greece |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle's lectures on ethics are among the most lasting and profound philosophical works of all time. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists. ''One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'' |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-24 |