Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191606553
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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?

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

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 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 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.

Introduction to Aristotle

Author: Aristotle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780679600275
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Gathers Aristotle's writings concerning logic, the soul, ethics, and poetry, as well as selections on physics and metaphysics.

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jonathan Barnes
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192854089
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
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, placing his teachings in their historical context.

An Introduction to Aristotle's Rhetoric

Author: Edward Meredith Cope
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description

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?