Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle (Alfarabi)(Paperback)

Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle (Alfarabi)(Paperback)

This long-awaited reissue of the 1969 Cornell edition of Alfarabi's Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle contains Muhsin Mahdi's substantial original introduction and a new foreword by Charles E. Butterworth and Thomas L. Pangle. The three parts of the book, 'Attainment of Happiness,' 'Philosophy of

Story of Philosophy (Durant Will)(Paperback)

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. Few write for

Knowledge in a Nutshell: Classical Philosophy - The complete guide to the founders of western philosophy, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus (Moore Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Metaphysics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of

Great Dialogues of Plato (Plato)(Mass Market Paperbound)

Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato.---Emerson The Republic and other great dialogues by the immortal Greek philosopher Plato are masterpieces that form part of the most important single body of writing in the history of philosophy. Beauty, love, immortality, knowledge, and justice are

An Analysis of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Gellera Giovanni)(Paperback)

Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development. Over two millennia later, his thorough exploration of virtue, reason, and the ultimate human good still forms the basis of the values at the heart of Western civilization

Plato: A Very Short Introduction (Annas Julia)(Paperback)

This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background

The Philosophy of Aristotle - Aristotelés

More than two thousand years ago, Aristotle established unique standards of philosophic inquiry, observation, and judgment. This book offers a contemporary reevaluation of the philosophy of the master of Western thought, and shows his vital, continuing influence in our modern world

The Virtues: A Very Short Introduction (Boyd Craig A.)(Paperback)

From the philosophy of Aristotle and Confucius, to Thomas Aquinas'Summa Theologiae, to the paintings of Raphael, Botticelli and many more, fascination with the virtues has endured and evolved to fit a wide range of cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts through the centuries. This Very

Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus (Stiegler Bernard)(Paperback)

What is a technical object? At the beginning of Western philosophy, Aristotle contrasted beings formed by nature, which had within themselves a beginning of movement and rest, and man-made objects, which did not have the source of their own production within themselves. This book, the first of

Plato & Aristotle Study Guide (Loxton Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Stephen Loxton compares and contrasts two of the world's greatest thinkers on the nature of goodness, purpose and the metaphysical views of reality. This guide, pitched just right for the ambitious A level student, will open up the essential differences in the Platonic and Aristotelean worldviews

Republic (Plato)(Paperback)

An authoritative new translation of Plato's foundational work of Western philosophy The Republic is Plato's masterwork. It was written 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world, famous for both the richness of its ideas and the virtuosity of its writing. Presented

Plato's Dialogues: Path to Initiation (Dunn Carol)(Paperback)

For millennia, hundreds of books have been written on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. In this book, Carol Dunn makes the case that the major modern scholars interpret Plato with an overwhelming focus on understanding the rational content of the dialogues, but omit or neglect the project of their

Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy - From Thales to Aristotle(Paperback / softback)

Women in Western Political Thought (Okin Susan Moller)(Paperback)

In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists. Our philosophical

de Anima (on the Soul) (Aristotle)(Paperback)

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

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

This new edition of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is an accurate, readable and accessible translation of one of the world's greatest ethical works. Based on lectures Aristotle gave in Athens in the fourth century BCE, Nicomachean Ethics is one of the most significant works in moral philosophy, and

Theaetetus (Plato)(Paperback)

'What exactly is knowledge?' The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest student, Theaetetus, it explores one of the key issues in philosophy: what is knowledge?

Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric (Aristotle)(Paperback)

For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's 'Art of Rhetoric' has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial, and epideictic), the

The Eudemian Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

A major treatise on moral philosophy by Aristotle, this is the first time the Eudemian Ethics has been published in its entirety in any modern language. Equally important, the volume has been translated by Sir Anthony Kenny, one of Britain's most distinguished academics and philosophers, and a

The Basic Works of Aristotle (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle's works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon's The Basic Works of Aristotle-constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random

Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens (Aristotle)(Paperback)

This new collection of Aristotle's political writings provides the student with all the necessary materials for a full understanding of his work as a political scientist. In addition to a revised and extended introduction, this expanded Cambridge Texts edition contains an extensive guide to further

An Introduction to Western Philosophy (Flew Antony)(Paperback)

A comprehensive introduction to philosophy from Plato to

The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists (Waterfield Robin)(Paperback)

Aristotle said that philosophy begins with wonder, and the first Western philosophers developed theories of the world which express simultaneously their sense of wonder and their intuition that the world should be comprehensible. But their enterprise was by no means limited to thisproto-scientific