Recommendations from our site
“The books in this series provide the important parts of the text in the original language, a translation on the facing page, as well as explanations of what it’s all about. Susan Sauvé Meyer of the University of Pennsylvania takes on the task in How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well, which includes about a quarter of the text of The Nicomachean Ethics. This is not, I would say, an introductory book—it starts with a close look at the Greek word for living well, eudaimonia, and how best to translate it—but more a way to dip your toe into an important primary source without being overwhelmed.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
