Originally published: 2011.

Introduction -- Plato on eudaimonia. Doing and living well ; The final end of action and desire -- Aristotle on eudaimonia. Two conceptions of eudaimonia ; Eudaimonia and its components ; 'In a complete life' ; Some further questions ; Intellectual contemplation -- Plato on virtue. The unity of virtue ; Virtue and emotion ; Desires and emotions in the Republic ; The Republic on the virtues -- Aristotle on virtue. The emotions ; The virtues and the mean ; Making sense of the mean ; The unity of the virtues -- Plato on practical reasoning. Practical inference in the Lysis and Gorgias ; Practical inference from the Gorgias to the Meno ; Means-end reasoning in the Republic ; Principles ; Measurement -- Aristotle on practical reasoning. What is practical thinking? ; Practical thinking and action ; Against eudaimonia as a grand end ; Principles ; The ends of deliberation ; Deliberation and intuition ; Is deliberation of ends? ; Broadie and McDowell ; The practical syllogism ; Should practical inference be deductive? -- Plato on acrasia. Acrasia in the Protagoras ; How plausible is the Protagoras? ; Acrasia in the Republic -- Aristotle on acrasia. An Aristotelian account that is not Aristotle's ; Aristotle's account ; Two difficulties ; A consideration of alternatives ; Eudaimonia revisited.

Price explores the views of Plato and Aristotle on how virtue of character and practical reasoning enable agents to achieve eudaimonia - the state of living or acting well. He provides a philosophical analysis and argues that the perennial question of action within human life is central to the reflections of ancient philosophers. A.W. Price explores the views of Plato and Aristotle on how virtue of character and practical reasoning enable agents to achieve eudaimonia-the state of living or acting well. He provides a full philosophical analysis and argues that the perennial question of action within human life is central to the reflections of these ancient philosophers.

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