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21. Metaphysics - Aristotle by Aristotle | |
Hardcover: 220
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(2009-02-01)
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A useful edition
Metaphysics, Aristotle
Aristotle my friend
a word to the wise
Key Philosopher of the Western tradition |
22. Aristotle: Introductory Readings by Aristotle | |
Hardcover: 359
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(1996-10-01)
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not useful - get fuller volume However, I warn customers NOT to get this book (I made the mistake) but instead get Fine and Irwin's "Aristotle: Selections" (Hackett 1995) from which the "Introductory Readings" are excerpted. You'll need their full glossary and the more extensive notes if you want to understand Aritotle AT ALL. In that regard Introductory Readings is useless and that's why it merits a one-star. Two coments in closing. |
23. Aristotle: The Desire to Understand by Jonathan Lear | |
Paperback: 352
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(1988-02-26)
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Great work that helps to "illuminate" Aristotle's philosophy
A superb overview of Aristotle's full range of thought in all its subtlety
A book with real insights into Aristotle After looking at many (if not almost all) books on Aristotle's theories, I was suprised to find a book with clear,lucid, and straightforward ideas.This is most probably the best book on this subject.
Excellent explication of Aristotle Instead, Lear is "...primarily concerned with the truth about Aristotle, not the truth of Aristotle's views per se...". This frees him up to spend most of his ink on explicating and clarifying the views of Aristotle. Where contrasts do appear, they are intended to "...bring to light how different Aristotle's world is from the modern, not to show how Aristotle's beliefs fall short of what we now take to be the truth." The organization is by concepts, so within one section there are often references to various books on Aristotle. This is much more helpful than simply attempting to narrate, or move in lockstep, with Aristotle's sequence of writings. The references are generally sufficient, footnoted at the bottom of the pages. Occasionally, the original Greek words or phrases are also footnoted. (I would have preferred more of the latter, but that is a quibble.) The author is neither pretentious nor superficial. His writing is that of a patient tutor who is willing to explain, but also not willing to oversimplify. In so doing, the book comes across as being ardently respectful of Aristotle, and it is an excellent companion to reading Aristotle's works.
Author stayed on the subject |
24. The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle | |
Paperback: 320
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(1998-07-09)
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We Reach Our Complete Perfection Through Habit
What to say about classic
Timeless classic
Wonderful
A breif note on the contemplative life |
25. Aristotle's On the Soul and On Memory and Recollection by Aristotle, Translated by Joe Sachs | |
Hardcover: 224
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(2002-09-01)
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Unbeatable Edition, Masterful Translation of a Classic
All Humans Desire To Know
The Being-At-Work-Staying-Itself of Aristotle |
26. Aristotle's Metaphysics by Aristotle, Translated by Joe Sachs | |
Paperback: 365
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(2002-03-01)
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By far the best translation and notes available
Fabulous Edition, Competitive Translation
A Word or Two on This Translation
Meticulous translator of Aristotle
Maybe Aristotle wasn't interested in philosophy `Thus, the way I understand *to ti en einai* departs from, but is rooted in, Owen's understanding of it.The same is true of my rendering *ousia* as "thinghood," when it is used in a general sense, and as "an independent thing" when it is used of singulars.I have heard two sorts or criticism of my use of the word thinghood in Aristotle's PHYSICS.The one sort, that it occasions laughter or embarrassment, is a general instance of Heidegger's observation in WHAT IS A THING? that philosophy is that at which thoughtless people laugh.Let the laughter or embarrassment subside, and then judge the meaning carried by the word, both on its own and in its context, on its merits.The other sort of criticism regrets the fact that thinghood is not as closely related to being as *ousia* is to *to on.* . . .' (p. xxxvii). "Lassie is an *ousia,* and the *ousia* of Lassie is dog."(p. xxxviii). Intellectuals need to pay attention to the concepts that are used in their own fields, if nowhere else, and Aristotle was close to the peak of ancient Greek intellectual attainment. "Aristotle invents a second word, being-at-work-staying-itself (entelecheia), converging with it in meaning, to sharpen and clarify his use of being-at-work, and he gives an array of examples in which we are meant to `see at a glance by means of analogy,' what it means (1048a 39)."(p. xxxix). In the beginning of this book, ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICS, Translated by Joe Sachs, there is a Greek Glossary with 49 words or phrases on three pages, followed by an English Glossary of 43 words or phrases on eleven pages."This is a slightly revised version of the glossary that appears with the translation of the PHYSICS, based upon those passages in which Aristotle explains and clarifies his own usage.Bekker page numbers from 184 to 267 refer to the PHYSICS; those from 980 to 1093 are in the METAPHYSICS."(p. xlix). Chapters are short, especially in Book V (Book Delta), which Joe Sachs calls "Things Meant in More than One Way."This has usually been considered "a dictionary, but Aristotle himself, at the beginnings of Books VII and X, says that it is about the various ways things are meant.The point is not to define words but to collect and organize the distinct senses of important words meant in more than one way.These ambiguities are not verbal but inherent in things, and Aristotle steadfastly preserves them."(p. 77, n. 1). I am not particularly fond of this book.If undergraduate college courses are meant to provide students with general outlook on likely events, and graduate schools at major universities are intended to select those students who want to qualify for cutting edge work in a highly specialized professional discipline, the works of Aristotle seem to be the high point of a Greek attempt to create an upper level above anything that had previously been considered possible.Alexander the Great, as a student of Aristotle, might be faulted for aspiring to far more than what could be useful, just as Heidegger seemed to be pushing for a German spirit that was sure to damn the rest of the world to misery when he assumed a place in the leadership of a German university backing Hitler and the Nazi party. I did not find Aristotle's approach to religion in Book VI to be inspiring, though it does seem to be intellectual."But if there is anything that is everlasting and motionless and separate, . . . "And while it is necessary that all causes be everlasting, these are so most of all, since they are responsible for what appears to us of the divine.Therefore there would be three sorts of contemplative philosophy, the mathematical, the natural, and the theological; for it is not hard to see that if the divine is present anywhere, it is present in a nature of this kind, and that the most honorable study must be about the most honorable class of things.The contemplative studies, then, are more worthy of choice than are the other kinds of knowledge, and this one is more worthy of choice than are the other contemplative studies."(pp. 110-111). This is a nice priority for an established church to maintain its dignity, but it is far more ancient than modern.It is not clear how infinite his "triangle containing two right angles" (p. 112) is supposed to be.Even his attempts to tiptoe around the major stereotypes of ancient bookworms seem limp."For instance, it is neither always nor for the most part that someone pale has a refined education, but since it sometimes happens, it will be incidental (or if not, everything would be by necessity)."(p. 113). The Index only mentions three pages in Aristotle's text for Socrates, though Aristotle often uses his name as an example:"And since Socrates exerted himself about ethical matters and not at all about the whole of nature," (p. 14) and "so that whether Socrates is or is not, one might become like Socrates, and it is obvious that it would be the same even if Socrates were everlasting."(p. 23).Two generations of seeking lessons from Socrates, ignoring whatever meaning the hemlock had, took place before we find Aristotle finally admitting "For there are two things one might justly credit Socrates with, arguments by example and universal definition,"(p. 260).A real philosopher ought to do better than that. ... Read more |
27. Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts | |
Paperback: 250
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(2004-09-10)
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Used book just like new.
Accessible deep reading
aristotle and hogwarts
Timbus Violett speaks for Albus
Amazing read!! |
28. A New Aristotle Reader | |
Paperback: 600
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(1988-01-01)
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Very usable and useful The translations (though I am by no means a scholar of Greek) seem to be quite proper, and despite the fact that different sections may be translated by different people, there is no apparent unevenness. Ackrill laments in the introduction that it would have been more proper to leave about 30-40 Greek words (such as 'logos', 'aitia', 'ousia') untranslated, since no single English word does them justice. But that since there aretranslations by several people involved, that was not possible. All in all, this would be a very handy book for anyone interested in Aristotle.
An Excellent Compendium I own both books, and oddly find myself picking up this volume rather than the two-volume set, for easy reference. All the essential material is here, and none of the important elements are injudiciously edited. Thus for a single volume, it does double duty -- providing the most current translation of Aristotle, while appropriately editing the most salient parts for the specialist and non-specialist alike. The book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate semester courses as a complete enough text for either venue. It also has a nice topical index in the back that refers the reader to many essays written in the scondary literature. ... Read more |
29. The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way: Story of Science, The by Joy Hakim | |
Hardcover: 256
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(2004-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description What can a baboon bone tell us about calendars? Why can't we feel the earth moving? How did math contribute to Archimedes' death? A science book unlike any other, Aristotle Leads the Way pairs a gripping narrative style with quirky sidebars; hundreds of charts, maps, and diagrams; experiments to do at home; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists. Customer Reviews (20)
So enjoyable we're getting the whole series
Well written, illustrations great
Story of Science - Not for Everyone, but Worth Checking Out
Great start to a great science series!
Science made interesting |
30. Aristotle: Selections by Aristotle | |
Paperback: 650
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(1995-10-01)
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All the major works of Aristotle in one convenient book |
31. Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle by G. E. R. Lloyd | |
Paperback: 176
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(1974-02-17)
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Great and important stuff! The book includes discussions of various differences and similarities between modern and ancient science. Ancient thinkers seemed less concerned with the practical potential of their ideas. The pursuit of knowledge for knowledge sake, with a few notable exceptions, was a worthy enough endeavour in itself. They saw the natural world as something more to be studied than "tamed". "Science" was a more vaguely defined discipline; few people practised it much less got paid for it. The book discusses the various streams and ideas which grew about, with, and around it, such as medicine, philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, and biology. The Pythagorians, Platonists, Milesians, Aristotle, Thales, and Anaximander are all names which come to the fore, but unfortunately, their contribution withers away far too quickly in the history of the world. Some interesting points I noted were early suggestions that man hadsprung from other organisms, (namely fish), the problem of change, theories concerning the nature of matter-you know-elements, atoms and so on. A look into the thinking of the early Greeks is in part a mirror into the heart and nature of our society. My only complaint with the book is that we have so little remaining information about these thinkers and their times. Please, archaeologists and the like, find much more about the Greeks in some colossal discovery of thousands of well-preserved, buried manuscripts in a buried ancient city somewhere about Greece, so we can know more about the ancient world. ... Read more |
32. Ari: The Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis by Peter Evans | |
Hardcover: 367
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One of Many Versions of the Life and Times of Aristotle Onassis |
33. Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science by Sissela Bok | |
Hardcover: 224
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(2010-08-24)
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deeply researched and profoundly enjoyable
Felicitous reading |
34. Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics: Rethinking Happiness and Duty | |
Paperback: 324
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(1998-04-13)
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Provacative, Clear, and Important
Umm, where are the other voices? |
35. If Aristotle Ran General Motors by Tom Morris | |
Paperback: 216
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(1998-11-15)
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Philosophy for everyone
Great reading
If an irrational populist ran a non-profit agency
Brilliant This book, brilliant in every way, attempts, and succeeds, in arguing that wisdom and its concrete manifestation in ethics, should be the cornerstone of business life. The author is a philosopher, and not a business owner, but with his insight into the dynamics of the marketplace and its optimization, his ideas are clearly thinking "out of the box". One can only hope that business leaders (and others) will discover the ideas in this book or some other like it. With today's headlines in corporate fraud and other scandals (some justified and some not), business people need to start believing in the efficacy of ethics in optimizing their business ventures. The preface to the book concerns "reinventing corporate spirit", the author drawing on the thoughts of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle to set up the foundation for his arguments in the book. He recognizes correctly that it is ideas that fundamentally move the world. Throughout the book are many interesting insights into the psychology of business practices. When speaking of happiness for example, in relation to Aristotle's notion of eudaemonia, one of these is the recognition that money is frequently not the end goal for business people, the real goal being to achieve admiration in the eyes of others. The resulting ostentatious lifestyle is primarily done to impress, this being a transient and ultimately unsatisfying motivation in the eyes of the author. The book is divided up into four parts: Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and Unity. Each of these stand for respectively, the intellectual, aesthetic, moral, and spirtual necessities for achieving true happiness. Quoting the Hindu proverb "The true nobility is in being superior to your precious self", the author encourages the view of competition as being one in which individuals surpass their former abilities, instead of worrying about their status in relation to others. He's right. Even more important is that the author addresses the influence of philosophy in the development of ethical attitudes in business. Ethical relativism and nihilism have wreaked havoc in society as a whole, not just in business, and the author emphasizes the need for coming to grips with these beliefs, and replacing them with sound philosophical systems that are both rational and meshed with common sense. "Ideas rock the world" he states. He's right. Most refreshingly, the author does not shy away from addressing the issue of self-interest. Confronting the "What's in it for me?" question that is asked by some, he clearly believes that self-interest is not something to be swept under the rug in discussions on ethics and morality in business. "The view that ethics requires total personal disinterestedness is a dangerous distortion of the truly moral point of view", he states. He's right. Peer pressure and "going with the flow" are always issues that everyone has to deal with in the business environment. Not being labeled as a "team player" can be detrimental to one's growth in a particular organization. The author asks the reader to count the costs of conformity and not to "associate with evil men, lest you increase their number", quoting George Herbert. He's right. But ethics is not merely a collection of arbitrary rules to follow, the author argues. The right course of action is built into the nature of reality and meshes with human nature and human needs. Since this is the case, the practice of true ethical norms is not only productive, but pleasureful to the individual, and instead of causing boredom as some might believe, alleviates it, argues the author. He's right. Some might label, and the author does unashamedly, the framework outlined in the book as "spiritual". Goal-oriented, truth-valuing, truth-loving conduct results in a productive, life-loving spiritual individual, in complete antithesis to that of a sterile, non-creative, cynical one who views life as a burden with crosses to bear. Some of course might view this book, and one on ethics in general, as being "idealistic" or "naive". Such individuals may not wish to even pick it up, let alone read it. But individuals who practice these ideas, or ones very similar, haved moved the world, and will continue to do so.
Genuinely non-Aristotelian look at Business Leadership... Morris falls short perhaps because he is simply a mediocre scholar of Aristotle, perhaps because he was a professor of philosophy at a Catholic university, or perhaps because he is simply just a below-average writer.Regardless, the author comes up lacking in both the style and substance of a book premise that could be truly great in more capable hands. As to style, the book is replete with anecdotes that sometimes illustrate points quite well and sometimes are clearly inserted only because the author had them at his disposal.Likewise, the book is peppered with quotations that interrupt the flow of the narrative and only rarely have anything more than a tangential relevance to the text surrounding it.One such quote, from the author himself, neatly summarizes my view of this production: "Obscurity is not a mark of profundity, however many confused writers have hoped to bully us into believing otherwise." How true, how true indeed: I wonder how many of his students felt the same way after one of his philosophy lectures. As to substance, the book is almost a complete loss.I say almost because, to be fair, Morris does come close to painting an Aristotelian view of life when he delves into the meaning of life.The author frames up his answer beautifully but then promptly undermines it in his attempts at clarification.To be more specific, Morris claims that the meaning of life is to be found in "creative love" (or, more accurately, in the love of creativity).While this sounds at first blush to be both logical and promising, not unlike the true motive power behind human innovation, Morris explains his surmise so ineptly that it becomes readily apparent to the reader that any proximity to the truth was merely an accident.Far from leading the reader closer to any meaningful answers, Morris abandons the audience as if in mid-thought, convincing them that his conclusions were as much the product of coincidence as of rational thought. This is just one example of the sort of philosophical inconsistency that exists throughout this book.In nearly every chapter, Morris makes sweeping, unsubstantiated statements and then proceeds as if these statements were self-evident truths.This might be passable if the author were able to consistently proceed from these sweeping statements in a logical progression.However, the reader frequently gets no more than one or two steps away from an assertion masquerading as immutable law when the author creates transparent straw man arguments to bolster his tenuous premises.Even if the reader can forgive (and accept as true) the first premise of the author's progression, the subsequent steps are so disorienting and fallacious that it is hard to move past them. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is how Morris routinely equates rational self-interest with intellectual myopia.For instance, in painting the entire philosophical landscape, he cites only three schools of thought: Nihilism, Relativism, and Absolutism.While he aptly defines the concepts of Nihilism and he readily betrays himself as a Relativist, he casts Absolutism as the province solely of religious zealots. Morris's emphatic use of the relativist's scale on which to measure thought is perhaps the fundamental flaw of his book.It is a small wonder that he finds no thematic consistency when he shows us a different yardstick for the measurement of each new topic.This changing standard sometimes becomes outright silly.For instance, on nearly a half dozen occasions, Morris attempts to weave coherent messages by juxtaposing concepts from the writings of Aristotle next to those of prominent theologians.The result of this sort of conceptual looseness is that better than half of the supposed insights delivered by the book turn out to be little more than fortune cookie proclamations-statements devoid of both context and independently verifiable meaning. All of this should be hardly surprising from someone who openly claims that any "unifying principle of philosophy is a dream." The question that remains for the reader, however, is: Why choose Aristotle if you believe philosophical unification is unachievable?Why co-opt the one Philosopher who may have come closest to philosophical unity than any other?Why not be honest with your readers?Why not entitle the book: If Dale Carnegie Ran General Motors?Even Plato or Immanuel Kant or William James would have been better choices, but that discussion is for another time. Like so many academic philosophers and modern business writers, Morris selects philosophical concepts based on their emotional appeal rather than with regard to any underlying consistency.This book, like virtually every business book on the market (with a few highly worthwhile exceptions) simply promotes the art we witness in greeting cards and long-distance phone commercials on television.From it, we get nothing more than the regurgitation of unthinking, it-takes-a-village drivel that characterizes so much of todays supposed non-fiction writing.Morris' entire effort seems to be very much like a Hollywood production-aiming to tug at heartstrings with nothing more substantive as a goal.In the end, that is all this book is equipped to do: provide us with a feeling...sadly, that feeling is simple, straightforward disappointment. ... Read more |
36. Aristotle Poetics by Aristotle | |
Paperback: 136
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(1967-07-01)
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Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life
Do not get this translation!
A must for screenwriters and playwrites alike |
37. The works of Aristotle by Aristotle Aristotle, W D. 1877- Ross, J A. 1863-1939 Smith | |
Paperback: 368
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Beyond Disappointing
If You Don't Want To Live In A State, You Are Either A God Or A Beast |
38. Physics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle | |
Paperback: 384
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See my review of the 1999 edition
good seller |
39. The Metaphysics (Philosophical Classics) by Aristotle | |
Paperback: 352
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40. Aristotle on Poetics by Aristotle, Seth Benardete, Michael Davis | |
Paperback: 105
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(2002-07)
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Editorial Review Product Description Benardete and Davis supplement their edition of On Poetics with extensive notes and appendices. They explain nuances of the original that elude translation, and they provide translations of passages found elsewhere in Aristotle's works as well as in those of other ancient authors that prove useful in thinking through the argument of On Poetics both in terms of its treatment of tragedy and in terms of its broader concerns. By following the connections Aristotle plots between On Poetics and his other works, readers will be in a position to appreciate the centrality of this work for his entire thought. In an introduction that sketches the overall interpretation of On Poetics presented in hisThe Poetry of Philosophy (St. Augustine's Press, 1999; see p. 33 of this catalogue), Davis argues that, while On Poetics is certainly about tragedy, it has a further concern extending beyond poetry to the very structure of the human soul in its relation to what is, and that Aristotle reveals in the form of his argument the true character of human action. Customer Reviews (1)
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