Abstract
This research aims to investigate, through a meticulous exegesis of the Greek text of the Nicomachean Ethics, edited by Bywater (1890), and the constant dialogue with the tradition of commentators of the Aristotelian work, such as Angioni (2009a, 2009b, 2009c, 2011a , 2011b), Broadie (1991), Brown (2009), Cooper (1975), Irwin (1999) and Taylor (2006), among others, what is the exact funct…