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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. 350 B.C.E. Trans. W. C. Ross. The Internet Classics
[author.] [title.] [original publication date.] [website name.]
Archives. Ed. Daniel C. Stevenson. 1994. 18 Sep 2006 <http://www.classics.mit.edu/
[website author.] [posting date.] [date of access] [<URL>.]
Aristotle/nicomachaen.1.i.html>.APA:
Aristotle. (1994). Nicomachean ethics. (W. C. Ross, Trans.). In D.C. Stevenson (Ed.), The
[author.] [(posting date).] [title.] [website author, (Ed.),]
internet classics archives. (Original work published 350 B.C.E.). Retrieved September
[website name.] [(original publication date).] [Retrieved date of access,]
18, 2006, from http://www.classics.mit.edu/ Aristotle/nicomachaen.1.i.html
[from URL]Chicago:
16. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics.
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[Shortened Chicago reference; see More Notes on Chicago Style for more information.]
[Note: In the Bibliography, Chicago style does not generally include date of access.]
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