The Politics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

The Politics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

'Man is by nature a political animal'In The Politics Aristotle addresses the questions that lie at the heart of political science. How should society be ordered to ensure the happiness of the individual? Which forms of government are best and how should they be maintained? By analysing a range of

Aristotle's politics": Second Edition" (Aristotle)(Paperback)

One of the fundamental works of Western political thought, Aristotle's masterwork is the first systematic treatise on the science of politics. For almost three decades, Carnes Lord's justly acclaimed translation has served as the standard English edition. Widely regarded as the most faithful to

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

Politics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Politics - A New Translation (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

The City and Man (Strauss Leo)(Paperback)

The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Republic, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant attempt to use classical political philosophy as a means of liberating modern political philosophy from

Politics (Aristotle)(Pevná vazba)

Aristotle and Law: The Politics of Nomos (Duke George)(Pevná vazba)

In Aristotle and Law, George Duke argues that Aristotle's seemingly dispersed statements on law and legislation are unified by a commitment to law's status as an achievement of practical reason. This book provides a systematic exposition of the significance and coherence of Aristotle's account of

Politics - A New Translation (Aristotle)(Pevná vazba)

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

The Metaphysics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

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

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

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 Desire to Understand (Lear Jonathan)(Paperback)

This is a philosophical introduction to Aristotle, and Professor Lear starts where Aristotle himself started. He introduces us to the essence of Aristotle's philosophy and guides us through all the central Aristotelian texts--selected from the Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Politics and 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 Athenian Constitution (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government. The writer

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction (Barnes Jonathan)(Paperback)

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and

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

On the Soul (Aristotle)(Paperback)

Written in 350 BC, Aristotle's 'De Anima' or 'On the Soul' is not a work on spirituality, as the title would suggest, but rather a work that could be described as one of biopsychology, or a work on the subject of psychology from a biological perspective. Aristotle's exposition centers on the soul

Aristotle - Physics (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

Physics (Aristotle)(Paperback)

For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to study the natural sciences. Now, in the first translation into English since 1930, Aristotle's thought is presented accurately, with a lucid introduction and extensive notes to explain the general

Aristotle and the Virtues (Curzer Howard J.)(Paperback)

Aristotle is the father of virtue ethics--a discipline which is receiving renewed scholarly attention. Yet Aristotle's accounts of the individual virtues remain opaque, for most contemporary commentators of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics have focused upon other matters. In contrast, Howard J

The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology (Connell Sophia M.)(Paperback)

Aristotle's voluminous writings on animals have often been marginalised in the history of philosophy. Providing the first full-length comprehensive account of Aristotle's biology, its background, content and influence, this Companion situates his study of living nature within his broader philosophy