Aristotle

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Widely considered to be one of the most important works written on philosophy, Aristotle's Nicomachean...

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A student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the towering figures in Western thought. A brilliant thinker with wide-ranging interests, he wrote important works in physics, biology, poetry, politics, morality, metaphysics, and ethics. In the Nicomachean Ethics,...

Composed of ten books and based upon Aristotle's own notes from his lectures at the Lyceum, "Nicomachean Ethics" holds a pre-eminent place amongst the ancient treatises on moral philosophy. As opposed to other pre-Socratic works, "Nicomachean Ethics" moves beyond the purely theoretical analysis of...

Hailed by Dante as "the master of those who know," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) surveyed every field of learning known to the ancient world and pioneered the sciences of psychology and logic. A disciple of Plato and the tutor to Alexander the...

Aristotle was one of history's greatest philosophers and one of Ancient Greece's seminal thinkers, a student of Plato's and a tutor of Alexander the Great's. Aristotle's book on ethics is perhaps the most important work on the subject as it further explores the Socratic...

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Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" is considered to be one of the most important treatises on ethics ever written. In an incredibly detailed study of virtue and vice in man, Aristotle examines one of the most central themes to man, the nature of goodness itself. In...

The writings of Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384BC-322BC)--student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great--are among the most influential on Western thought, and indeed upon Western civilization itself. From theology and logic to politics and even biology, there is no area of human knowledge that...

In Books VIII and IX of his masterpiece of moral philosophy, the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives perhaps the most famous of all philosophical discussions of friendship. Michael Pakaluk presents the first systematic study in English of these books, showing how important Aristotle's treatment of...

In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle asserts that in order to achieve happiness man must live a virtuous life made up of activities in which we use our best human capacities, both ones that contribute to our flourishing as members of a community, and ones...

Author: AristotleISBN-10: 1554816289ISBN-13: 9781554816286Publisher: Broadview Press IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2025Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbs

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket What does it mean to live a truly good life? Aristotle tackles this age-old question in Nicomachean Ethics, guiding readers through the pursuit of happiness by cultivating virtues. With sharp insights on justice, friendship, and human nature, Aristotle...

Composed of ten books and based upon Aristotle's own notes from his lectures at the Lyceum, "Nicomachean Ethics" holds a pre-eminent place amongst the ancient treatises on moral philosophy. As opposed to other pre-Socratic works, "Nicomachean Ethics" moves beyond the purely theoretical analysis of...

The Nicomachean Ethics is the Aristotle's best-known work on ethics. The work, which plays a pre-eminent role in defining Aristotelian ethics, consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The theme...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: AristotleISBN-10: 1408610272ISBN-13: 9781408610275Publisher: Frederiksen PressLanguage:...

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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 domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

OUR next task is to study coming-to-be and passing-away. We are to distinguish the causes, and to state the definitions, of these processes considered in general-as changes predicable uniformly of all the things that come-to-be and pass-away by nature. Further, we are to study...

On Generation and Corruption is a philosophical treatise written by Aristotle, one of the most influential thinkers in Western philosophy. In this book, Aristotle explores the nature of change, particularly the changes that occur in living things. He argues that all change is caused...

OUR next task is to study coming-to-be and passing-away. We are to distinguish the causes, and to state the definitions, of these processes considered in general-as changes predicable uniformly of all the things that come-to-be and pass-away by nature. Further, we are to study...

This new edition of George A. Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric. Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition has been fully...

On Sophistical Refutations is a philosophical treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. In this work, Aristotle examines the various fallacies and deceptive arguments that can be used in debate and discussion. He identifies thirteen different types of fallacies, including equivocation, amphiboly, and...

On Sophistical Refutations is a book written by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher who lived in the 4th century BCE. The book is a treatise on the topic of logical fallacies and sophisms, which are arguments that appear to be valid but are actually false...

A philosophical masterpiece by one of the greatest thinkers of all times, Sophistical Refutations literally brims with sound logic and reason. As a thought-provoking work, it displays Aristotle's in-depth study of human mind and behavior.Author: AristotleISBN-10: 1481274570ISBN-13: 9781481274579Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2012Pages:...

On Sophistical Refutations is a treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. In this book, Aristotle examines the various ways in which arguments can be used to deceive or mislead people, and provides a framework for identifying and refuting these fallacious arguments. He...

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy". His writings...

Aristotle uses logic to observe the art of poetry and give it credibility in society as an art form. Using many poetic references from his own day he masterfully defends the use of poetic voice and also gives the thinking behind it and what...

On The Gait Of Animals is a book written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, which focuses on the movement and locomotion of various animals. In this work, Aristotle examines the different types of gaits and movements exhibited by animals, including humans, horses, and...

On The Gait Of Animals is a book written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, which explores the different ways in which animals move. The book is divided into three parts, with the first part focusing on the general principles of animal movement, the...

On The Generation Of Animals is a book written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, which explores the process of reproduction and the development of life in animals. The book is divided into five parts, each discussing a different aspect of animal generation. The...

"On the Generation of Animals" from Aristotle. Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.Author: AristotleISBN-10: 1515033716ISBN-13: 9781515033714Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2015Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

On The Heavens is a philosophical treatise written by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, in the 4th century BCE. The book explores the nature of the universe and its celestial bodies, including the stars, planets, and the moon. Aristotle argues that the universe is composed...

On the Heavens is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial world. It should not be confused with the spurious work On the Universe.Author: AristotleISBN-10: 1481274589ISBN-13: 9781481274586Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

THE science which has to do with nature clearly concerns itself for the most part with bodies and magnitudes and their properties and movements, but also with the principles of this sort of substance, as many as they may be. For of things constituted...

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THE science which has to do with nature clearly concerns itself for the most part with bodies and magnitudes and their properties and movements, but also with the principles of this sort of substance, as many as they may be. For of things constituted...

On The Soul is a philosophical treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It is a comprehensive exploration of the nature of the soul, which Aristotle defines as the animating principle of all living things. The book is divided into three main sections,...

Written in 350 BC, Aristotle's "De Anima" or "On the Soul" is not a work on spirituality, as the title would suggest, but rather a work that could be described as one of biopsychology, or a work on the subject of psychology from a...

On The Soul is a philosophical treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in the 4th century BCE. The book is divided into three parts, each exploring different aspects of the human soul. In the first part, Aristotle discusses the concept of the...

Aristotle's On the Soul is among the most important books on the pre-modern account of soul. Here, Aristotle presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from...

In this timeless and profound inquiry, Aristotle presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from body. On the Soul also includes Aristotle's idiosyncratic and influential account...

In this timeless and profound inquiry, Aristotle presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from body. On the Soul also includes Aristotle's idiosyncratic and influential account...

"...the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul..." What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so he offers a psychological theory that encompasses not...

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On Youth And Old Age, On Life And Death, On Breathing is a collection of three treatises by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. The first treatise, On Youth And Old Age, explores the nature of youth and old age, including the physical and mental...

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'What does it mean to be a good person? Ranging over eternal questions of right and wrong,...

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David Bolotin's translation of Aristotle's PARVA NATURALIA aims above all at fidelity to the Greek. It treats Aristotle as a teacher regarding the topics that he discusses, and hence it tries to convey the meaning, to the extent possible in English, of his every...

In the first two books of the Physics Aristotle discusses philosophical issues involved in the investigation of the physical universe. He introduces his distinction between form and matter and his fourfold classification of causes or explanatory factors, and defends teleological explanation. These books therefore...