Aristotle
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415283328
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 456
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780415283328
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 456
Edition: First Edition
Book Summary
In this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle's philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics and the arts. Beginning with a brief biography, Christopher Shields carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle's thought: his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology and his four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses Aristotle's metaphysics and the theory of categories and logical theory and his conception of the human being and soul and body. In the last part, he concentrates on Aristotle's value theory as applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to happiness, virtues and the best life for human beings. He concludes with an appraisal of Aristotelianism today. LIST OF READINGS
Aristotle: Life and Works
Christopher ShieldsID: s27364 | 28pp | Copyright Fee: $3.36
Source Title: Aristotle
Explaining Nature and the Nature of Explanation
Christopher ShieldsID: s27365 | 62pp | Copyright Fee: $7.44
Source Title: Aristotle
Aristotle's Early Ontology
Christopher ShieldsID: s27367 | 50pp | Copyright Fee: $6.00
Source Title: Aristotle
Puzzles of Nature
Christopher ShieldsID: s27368 | 36pp | Copyright Fee: $4.32
Source Title: Aristotle
Substance and the Science of Being Qua Being
Christopher ShieldsID: s27369 | 38pp | Copyright Fee: $4.56
Source Title: Aristotle
Political Association
Christopher ShieldsID: s27372 | 25pp | Copyright Fee: $3.00
Source Title: Aristotle


