A thorough handbook of social science and human psychology. Aristotle succeeds in mapping the human nature and describing every aspect of it, covering many areas of behavior and life. Praising the mean state in every page, he exorcises the defect and excess of every characteristic state. He concludes with how a man can follow the path of virtue, having already explained in the beginning that it is the only path that leads to happiness. It is indeed stunning that in every page, he exhibits such detail and familiarity. However, in some chapters he over-analyzes things, thus becoming boring and tiring for someone who has not a genuine interest in the whole spectrum of human nature.