''On Virtues and Vices'' ( grc-gre, Περὶ Ἀρετῶν καὶ Κακιῶν; la, De Virtutibus et Vitiis Libellus) is the shortest of the four ethical treatises attributed to
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ph ...
. The work is now regarded as spurious by scholars and its true origins are uncertain though it was probably created by a member of the
peripatetic school
The Peripatetic school was a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece. Its teachings derived from its founder, Aristotle (384–322 BC), and ''peripatetic'' is an adjective ascribed to his followers.
The school dates from around 335 BC when Aristo ...
.
[Zeller (1883:145).]
See also
* ''
Eudemian Ethics
The ''Eudemian Ethics'' ( el, Ἠθικὰ Εὐδήμεια; la, Ethica Eudemia or ''De moribus ad Eudemum'') is a work of philosophy by Aristotle. Its primary focus is on ethics, making it one of the primary sources available for study of Ari ...
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* ''
Magna Moralia
The ''Magna Moralia'' (Latin for "Great Ethics") is a treatise on ethics traditionally attributed to Aristotle, though the consensus now is that it represents an epitome of his ethical thought by a later, if sympathetic, writer. Several scholars ...
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* ''
Nicomachean Ethics''
Notes
References
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Zeller, Eduard (1883)
''A History of Eclecticism in Greek Philosophy'' Longmans, Green, and Co.
External links
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''De Virtutibus et Vitiis'' (English Translation, Internet Archive, 1915)*
Ethics literature
Works by Aristotle
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