Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. [Nicomachean]

London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1797. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1797 first edition. Professionally recased. Edges rubbed with minor loss from corners. Bindings tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Complete in two volumes. xv, [1], 416; 434 pp. Leather spines and corners, orange spine labels, gilt titles and rules. Translated into English from the original Greek, with introduction, notes, critical biography, and analysis by Scottish historian John Gillies. Commonly called The Nicomachean Ethics or The Ethics to Nicomachus (after Aristotle's son), the Ethics are here simply called Ethics. Gillies argues in the preface that this and the Politics 'ought never to have been disjoined, since they are considered by Aristotle himself as forming essential parts of one and the same work." This translation was denounced by Platonist Thomas Taylor for inaccuracies, but it remains an important edition in the history of the work, and includes significant biographical information about Aristotle and critical analysis of his work by Gillies (more than 200 pages worth!).