Introduction to Aristotle
Gathers Aristotle's writings concerning logic, the soul, ethics, and poetry, as well as selections on physics and metaphysics.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Modern Library,
1992.
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| Edition: | 1992 Modern Library ed. |
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| Summary: | Gathers Aristotle's writings concerning logic, the soul, ethics, and poetry, as well as selections on physics and metaphysics. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiii, 712 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 0679600272 9780679600275 |
| Author Notes: | When Plato died in 347 B.C., Aristotle moved to Assos, a city in Asia Minor, where a friend of his, Hermias, was ruler. After Hermias was captured and executed by the Persians in 345 B.C., Aristotle went to Pella, the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum Aristotle's works were lost in the West after the decline of Rome, but during the 9th Century A.D., Arab scholars introduced Aristotle, in Arabic translation, to the Islamic world. In the 13th Century, the Latin West renewed its interest in Aristotle's work, and Saint Thomas Aquinas found in it a philosophical foundation for Christian thought. The influence of Aristotle's philosophy has been pervasive; it has even helped to shape modern language and common sense. Aristotle died in 322 B.C. (Bowker Author Biography) |
