The Basic Works of Aristotle by Aristotle

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Original Title: The Basic Works of Aristotle

ISBN: 0375757996
ISBN13: 9780375757990
Autor: Aristotle/Richard Peter McKeon (Editor)/ C.D.C. Reeve (Contributor - Introduction)
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Original Format: Paperback, 1487 pages
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Published: August 19th 2009 / by Modern Library/Random House (NY) / (first published -322)
Language: English
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Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotles works have
shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeons
The Basic Works of Aristotleconstituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a
Random House hardcover for sixty yearshas long been considered the best available one-
volume Aristotle. Appearing in paperback at long last, this edition includes selections from the
Organon, On the Heavens, The Short Physical Treatises, Rhetoric, among others, and On the
Soul, On Generation and Corruption, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and
Poetics in their entirety.
About Author:

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Aristotle (384322 B.C.E.) numbers among the greatest philosophers of all time. Judged solely in
terms of his philosophical influence, only Plato is his peer: Aristotle's works shaped centuries of
philosophy from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance, and even today continue to be studied
with keen, non-antiquarian interest. A prodigious researcher and writer, Aristotle left a great body
of work, perhaps numbering as many as two-hundred treatises, from which approximately thirty-
one survive. His extant writings span a wide range of disciplines, from logic, metaphysics and
philosophy of mind, through ethics, political theory, aesthetics and rhetoric, and into such primarily
non-philosophical fields as empirical biology, where he excelled at detailed plant and animal
observation and taxonomy. In all these areas, Aristotle's theories have provided illumination, met
with resistance, sparked debate, and generally stimulated the sustained interest of an abiding
readership.
Because of its wide range and its remoteness in time, Aristotle's philosophy defies easy
encapsulation. The long history of interpretation and appropriation of Aristotelian texts and
themesspanning over two millennia and comprising philosophers working within a variety of
religious and secular traditionshas rendered even basic points of interpretation controversial.
The set of entries on Aristotle in this site addresses this situation by proceeding in three tiers. First,
the present, general entry offers a brief account of Aristotle's life and characterizes his central
philosophical commitments, highlighting his most distinctive methods and most influential
achievements. Second are General Topics which offer detailed introductions to the main areas of
Aristotle's philosophical activity. Finally, there follow Special Topics which investigate in greater
detail more narrowly focused issues, especially those of central concern in recent Aristotelian
scholarship

Other Editions:
- The Basic Works of Aristotle (Hardcover)

- The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics)

- The Basic Works of Aristotle (Hardcover)

- The Basic Works of Aristotle (Hardcover)

- The Basic Works of Aristotle (ebook)

Books By Author:

- Politics
 - The Nicomachean Ethics

- Metaphysics

- Poetics

- De Anima (On the Soul)

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Oct 24, 2015

Corinne
Rated it: really liked it
Shelves: constructive, to-go-forward, classic, non-fiction, learning
I read this book to understand the meaning of 'Soul', from a Western point of view, after I've read
quite a few books on this subject from the East.
The chapter 'De Anima' in this book does a great job in illuminating this, if one takes the patience
to read through it, and if one remembers that it was Aristotle who developed the notion of rhetorics
in the first place.
It's a dense but complete read, not only one the subject of soul, but also on everything, from
Physics to Medicine to Politics!! I
I read this book to understand the meaning of 'Soul', from a Western point of view, after I've read
quite a few books on this subject from the East.
The chapter 'De Anima' in this book does a great job in illuminating this, if one takes the patience
to read through it, and if one remembers that it was Aristotle who developed the notion of rhetorics
in the first place.
It's a dense but complete read, not only one the subject of soul, but also on everything, from
Physics to Medicine to Politics!! It's amazing how a man can be so versatile, and can have insight
into so many truths.
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