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Classical Literary Criticism by Aristotle Aristotle
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "O ...Show more
Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Revised Oxford Translation by Aristotle
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Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Bollingen Series (General)
"The Oxford Translation of Aristotle" was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954. It is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. This revised edition contains the substance of the original translation, slightly emended in light of recent scholarship; three o ...Show more
De Anima (On the Soul) by Aristotle Aristotle, Aristotle
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Category: Classics
For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the eme ...Show more
How to Flourish An Ancient Guide to Living Well by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing--the Nicomachean Ethics--in a lively new abridged translation Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully a ...Show more
Poetics by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Poeticsby Aristotleely, Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song. Two of the parts constitute the medium of imitation, one the manner, and three the objects of imitation. And these complete the list. These elements have been employed, we may say, by the poets to a man; in fact, every play cont ...Show more
Politics by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Aristotle examines government, politics and how societies are run - from households to city states - and establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and upheld. A timeless study of politics and society by one of the all-time greatest thinkers. A student of Plato, Aristotle is consider ...Show more
The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle
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Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public spe ...Show more
The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Classics Ser.
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtu ...Show more
The Metaphysics by Aristotle
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
"All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge," declared Aristotle. The philosopher's works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or "first philosophy," is divided into sections of previous philosophical thought and theories; a refutation of skeptici ...Show more
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.' In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is happiness, but he means, not something we feel, but rather a specially good kind of life. Happiness is made up ...Show more
The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle 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 Great, Aristot ...Show more