I have also never read the book in Spanish, but I just finished it and found it to be excellent. Aristotle is a remarkably deep and systematic thinker, but it is true that you need to gain a knack for his style. The Nicomachean Ethics is thought to be something of an interpolative overview of ethics that Aristotle was providing for his students.JDBowden wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2022, 4:20 pm Hola
I am a handful of chapters into reading Ethics by Aristotle. It is the first work I have picked up by him. I was also previously warned about his particular works. At this point, I can see why the warning was warranted.
Is it just me, or is the form of writing horrifically shallow, and nearly incomprehensibly difficult to follow? I just finished a quick chapter where he was ranting about happiness, geometry, and carpenters all within the same page. The thoughts are all over the place within incomplete, nearly run-on sentences with half-filled statements.
Is this how the rest of the book is going to go, and is this how he wrote things down? Or, did I purchase a translated version that should not have been produced in the first place? LOL.
I feel as if I have "some" credibility as to my observations, as I am a language professor. But, what do I know anymore?
jdb
I would suggest giving us an excerpt, in English, that you find opaque. Perhaps we can help you decipher it.