Book Seven of this work begins with a discussion of a quote from Homer in which Praim says of Hector that he seemed not to be thie child of a mortal man, which leads to the claim that men are rarely brutish.  
Book Seven of this work begins with a discussion of a quote from Homer in which Praim says of Hector that he seemed not to be thie child of a mortal man, which leads to the claim that men are rarely brutish.  That book concludes with a discussion of three views which are hostile to pleasure, while the following book considers the reciprocity and casuistry of friendship.  This work opens with a passage about the aims of various activities and argues that the discussion shuold not try to be clearer than the subject-matter allows, and suggests that young men are not well-suited to listen to lectures on the subject of the work.  The "good for man" and "moral virtue" are among the topics discussed in its ten books.  FTP, name this work which discusses the nature of eudaimonia or happiness, a book by Aristotle which is named for his son, its first editor.
Book Seven of this work begins with a discussion of a quote from Homer in which Praim says of Hector that he seemed not to be thie child of a mortal man, which leads to the claim that men are rarely brutish.  
the Nicomachean Ethics