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3、omacheanaftertheirfirsteditors,hispupilEudemusandhissonNicomachus.TheNicomacheanEthicswasprobablywrittenlater,inAristotle’sfiftiesandsixties,whenhewasheadoftheLyceum,theschoolhefoundedinAthens.SirDavidRoss(1877–1971)wasProvostofOrielCollegeandDeputyProfesso
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8、heNicomacheanEthicsTranslatedbyDAVIDROSSRevisedwithanIntroductionandNotesbyLESLEYBROWN11GreatClarendonStreet,Oxfordox26dpOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveof
