Introduction to Aristotle

Author: Aristotle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780394309736
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 667

Book Description
This Introduction to Aristotle is a presentation in which Aristotle is permitted to speak for himself in the context of a sketched scheme of the relation of what he says in one treatise to what he says elsewhere. The seven introductions which precede these seven works place them in their contexts by describing their relations to other works or parts of works, their place in the scheme of the Aristotelian sciences, and the fashion in which the subjects treated in the sciences they expound may be considered in the approaches proper to other sciences in the system. - Preface.

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191606553
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Introducing Aristotle

Author: Rupert Woodfin
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 184831986X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 543

Book Description
"Introducing Aristotle" guides the reader through an explosion of theories, from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy and medieval scholasticism. For fifteen centuries, he remained the paradigm of knowledge itself. But can Aristotelian realism still be used to underpin our conception of the world today?

Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition

Author: Ahmed Alwishah
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107101735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Examines Aristotle's vast influence upon the medieval Arabic philosophical tradition and includes contributions from every discipline within his corpus.

Aristotle

Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: Edicoes Loyola
ISBN: 9788515022144
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Aristotle's scientific research, logic and metaphysical theories, psychology and ethics and politics, all in their historical contexts.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Author: Michael Pakaluk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521817424
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
An engaging and accessible introduction to Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy.

Aristotle on Matter, Form, and Moving Causes

Author: Devin Henry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108475574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.

Truth and Wonder

Author: Robert Eaglestone
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000475956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
Truth and Wonder is an accessible introduction to Plato and Aristotle, showing their crucial influence for literary and cultural studies, modern languages and related disciplines. It focusses on both what Plato and Aristotle say about literature and how they say it, and so demonstrates the ways their philosophies still shape our reading, thinking and living. In the clear and engaging style for which he has become known, Robert Eaglestone uses Plato and Aristotle’s literary qualities to explain their thought. He presents Plato’s ideas through the metaphors, stories and style of his dialogues, and Aristotle’s ideas through the significance of narrative. Truth and Wonder draws on a wide range of thinkers including Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida and Martha Nussbaum, and a number of canonical writers including Phillip Sidney, Percy Shelley, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Iris Murdoch with examples that will be familiar to students. The ideas of Plato and Aristotle underlie much of Western culture, continue to inspire contemporary literary and philosophical work and shape the case for the central importance of the humanities today. Truth and Wonder is essential reading for students and researchers in the study of literature, theory and criticism as well as for those wishing to understand the foundations of the field. It will also be of interest to those studying philosophy, classics and political theory. Its accessible style and approach also mean it’s a perfect starting point for any literary-minded person who wants to know more about these two foundational thinkers.

Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics

Author: Kevin M. Cherry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107379873
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and, above all, the purpose of politics. The first scholar to place Aristotle's Politics in sustained dialogue with Plato's Statesman, Cherry argues that Aristotle rejects the view of politics advanced by Plato's Eleatic Stranger, contrasting them on topics such as the proper categorization of regimes, the usefulness and limitations of the rule of law, and the proper understanding of phronēsis. The various differences between their respective political philosophies, however, reflect a more fundamental difference in how they view the relationship of human beings to the natural world around them. Reading the Politics in light of the Statesman sheds new light on Aristotle's political theory and provides a better understanding of Aristotle's criticism of Socrates. Most importantly, it highlights an enduring and important question: should politics have as its primary purpose the preservation of life, or should it pursue the higher good of living well?

Aristotle for Everybody

Author: Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439104913
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Adler instructs the world in the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current, delightfully lucid way. Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler. Now Adler instructs the world in the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current, delightfully lucid way. He brings Aristotle's work to an everyday level. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us a unique path to personal insights and understanding of intangibles, such as the difference between wants and needs, the proper way to pursue happiness, and the right plan for a good life.