An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Aristotle.
Matina Souretis Horner Distinguished Professor Radcliffe College Professor of Philosophy Amelie Oksenberg Rorty Amélie Oksenberg Rorty. assembling the data about these fifteen emotions in the Rhetoric , he might have gone on to address ...
These are exemplified in his commentaries: for instance, in the set of ten introductory questions prefixed to this commentary, which became standard.
Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler.
Articles on Aristotle: Science
Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens.
The commentary on book 1 has the further interest that over half of it is devoted to Aristotle's discussion of Plato.
Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Categories is the most comprehensive philosophical critique of the work ever written, representing 600 years of criticism.
Throughout the Latin Middle Ages, it remained the standard introduction to On Interpretation. This volume contains the first English translation of Boethius' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, notes and bibliography.
The two texts translated in this volume of the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series both compare the happiness of the practical life, which is subject to the hazards of fortune, with the happiness of the life of philosophical ...
This edition explores these questions of provenance, alongside the context, meaning and implications of Philoponus' work.