
It involved consideration of all that constitutes the good life both for the individual and for the state as a whole. As the discussion developed it became clear that the subject was a very complicated one. It will be recalled that in Plato's Republic the theme of the entire book was an attempt to find a satisfactory answer to the question "What is justice?". It is one of the most important topics discussed in the Nicomachean Ethics for justice was often used by the Greeks in a manner that was practically synonymous with goodness. The meaning of justice constitutes the subject matter of this book. Aristotle's Method and Place in Intellectual History.
