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Aristotle, Susan Sauvé Meyer (trans.)
Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing - the Nicomachean Ethics - in a lively new abridged translation
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John Sellars
There is in Athens a rather plain ruin; a simple courtyard lined with fragments of wall. Yet, this little patch of land has a claim to be the most significant…
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Aristotle
Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the…
Jonathan Lear (University of Chicago)
Professor Lear introduces Aristotle’s philosophy and guides us through the central Aristotelian texts - selected from the Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Politics and from the biological and logical works. This 1988…
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This text examines Aristotle’s Rhetoric as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which…
Christopher Shields
In this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle’s philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
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This is a complete English translation of Aristotle’s key work on science. It presents Aristotle’s thought accurately, while at the same time simplifying and expanding the often crabbed and elliptical…
Presents the author’s mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the…
This new translation of Aristotle’s Politics is a model of accuracy and consistency and fits seamlessly with the translator’s Nicomachean Ethics, allowing the two to be read together, as Aristotle…
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Aristotle, Philip Freeman
An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle’s complete Poetics — the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories
In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle examines the nature of happiness, which he defines as a specially good kind of life. He considers the nature of practical reasoning, friendship, and the…
Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world? What are his key ideas? What can he still teach us today?
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Addresses the question of how to live well, and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. In this title, the author sets…
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Greek philosopher and Plato disciple Aristotle (384-322 BCE) radically altered the direction of Western philosophy. He is remembered as one of the greatest philosophers in history. The Roman statesman and…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
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Aristotle's classic work on political philosophy.
Politics is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle, a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher. Man is naturally a political animal" is it possible for a state to achieve the ideal…
What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong, pleasure and self-control, friendship and courage, Aristotle’s lectures on ethics are among the…
Aristotle Pineda
Although, this book is for readers of all ages, complex political and government terms and expressions can be easily understood by young minds. Embark on an exciting journey into the…
This volume presents thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle's key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity. It will prove invaluable for researchers in ancient philosophy and…
English translation of books 1 though 8 of Aristotle’s Physics. Includes an alternative text of book 7, in the appendix.
Presents an account of the author’s life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his writings and of the Politics in particular; his overall…
A timeless exploration of virtue, morality and the pursuit of a flourishing life, The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle remains a cornerstone in philosophical
thought. Delving into the essence of human…
Aristotle, Armand D'Angour
What we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking from some of the most inventive people of all times — the ancient Greeks
Attempts to offer a systematic treatment of ethics and the principles upon which it rests and seeks to give substance and meaning to human action, and to the manner in…
Jec Aristotle Ballou
The go-to reference for riders and trainers aiming to improve equine conditioning in ways that are strategic, engaging, and fair to the horse.
For just about everything we do with…
Patrice D. Rankine
Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body challenges the normative assumptions of classical texts and modes of creation…
John Boersma
Makes the case that the different stances Aristotle and Socrates take toward politics can be traced to their divergent accounts of friendship.
Aristotle's Parva naturalia is a set of small treatises on sense perception, memory, recollection, sleep, dreams, prophecy by dreams, motion of living beings, length and shortness of life, and maintenance…
The Nicomachean Ethics is one of Aristotle’s most widely read and influential works. Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle’s thought, the authors have produced an English-language translation of the…
Richard D. McKirahan
An astounding project of analysis on more than one hundred translations of ancient philosophical texts, this index of words found in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series comprises some 114,000…
Themistius
The enormous influence of Aristotle's psychology has been always related to the reception and interpretation of his De Anima. The Paraphrase by Themistius, who ran his own philosophical school in…
Pavlos Kontos
This book offers a new account of Aristotle's practical philosophy. Kontos argues that Aristotle does not restrict practical reason to its action-guiding and motivational role; rather, practical reason remains practical…
J Pope Tressie
During the thirteenth century in the Latin West, medieval theologians who supported the supremacy of the papacy over both the Church and secular rulers drew on Aristotle's thought to strengthen…
This volume presents a new translation of Aristotle's Topics Book VI by Annamaria Schiaparelli, accompanied by a detailed commentary and textual notes. The text is entirely devoted to the discussion…
For Plato the soul was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. In ‘De Anima’, Plato’s student, Aristotle sought to set…
J D Ponce
This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth…
Giles Pearson
Providing the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks emotions are and pointing to some philosophical merits of his account, this book addresses, among other things, his view on how…
Offering a bold new vision on the history of modern logic, Lukas M. Verburgt and Matteo Cosci focus on the lasting impact of Aristotle's syllogism between the 1820s and 1930s.
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Benjamin Alire Saenz
The highly acclaimed cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Saenz.
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The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Saenz.
F a Wright
"Feminism in Greek Literature from Homer to Aristotle" by F. A. Wright is a groundbreaking work of literary analysis that explores the portrayal of women and gender dynamics in ancient…
George Malcolm Stratton
First published in 1917, Theophrastus and the Greek Physiological Psychology Before Aristotle is on the history of ancient Greek physiological psychology.
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Two major works on ethics have come down to us under Aristotle’s name, the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics, but, quite unjustifiably, the Eudemian Ethics has been largely neglected…
Jingyi Jenny Zhao
Despite recent developments in the history of emotions and in comparative studies, sustained cross-cultural comparative studies of the emotions remain few and far between. Jingyi Jenny Zhao has produced the…
