| Edition |
6th ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : illustrations |
|
data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Book cover; half-title; title; copyright; contents; preface to the first edition; introduction; i life and works; the life of aristotle1; the works of aristotle; notes; ii logic; terms; the proposition; syllogism; induction, example, enthymeme, reduction; the logic of science; demonstration; definition; the apprehension of the first principles of science; the topics; the sophistic elenchi; notes; iii philosophy of nature; substratum, form, privation; nature; physics and mathematics; the four causes; chance; teleology and necessity; movement; the infinite; place; the void; time; continuity. |
|
The prime moverde caelo; de generatione et corruptione; meteorologica; notes; iv biology; the scala naturae; reproduction; teleology; notes; v psychology; soul and its faculties; soul and body; nutrition; sensation; sensus communis; imagination; movement; thought; active and passive reason83; notes; vi metaphysics; the first principles of demonstration; further determination of the subject of metaphysics; substance; matter and form; the analysis of becoming; potentiality and actuality; aristotle's theology; notes; vii ethics; the end of human life; goodness of character. |
|
Voluntary action and choicethe moral virtues; justice; the intellectual virtues; continence and incontinence; pleasure; friendship; the ideal life; notes; viii politics; slavery; acquisition of wealth; ideal commonwealths; the state and the citizens; classification of constitutions; monarchy; morphology of the state; pathology of the state; the ideal state; notes; ix rhetoric and poetics; rhetoric; poetics20; notes; bibliographical note; texts; translations and translations with commentary; other works; short bibliography; general works on aristotle. |
|
General editions, translations, and commentarieslogic; philosophy of nature; biology; psychology; metaphysics; ethics; politics; rhetoric and poetics; fragments; spurious works; aristotle's successors and commentators; index. |
| Summary |
Sir David Ross was one of the most distinguished and influential Aristotelians of this century; his study has long been established as an authoritative survey of the life, work and philosophy of Aristotle. This clear and lucid account contains useful summaries of theories and arguments, with brief, suggestive critical comments. Aristotle's work encompassed all the branches of science and learning which were central to the intellectual life of the ancient world: logic, the philosophy of nature, biology, psychology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, rhetoric and poetics. Aristotle's borrowings from. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aristotle.
|
|
Aristotle. |
| Indexed Term |
Philosophy |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Ackrill, J. L., author of introduction.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ross, W.D. (William David), 1877- Aristotle. 6th ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995 (DLC) 94043265 |
| ISBN |
0203980174 (electronic book) |
|
9780203980170 (electronic book) |
|
0203379535 (electronic book) |
|
9780203379530 (electronic book) |
|
9780415120685 (paperback) |
|
0415120683 (paperback) |
|
9786610138999 |
|
6610138990 |
|
9780415328579 |
|
0415328578 |
|
9781134333806 (e-book ; PDF) |
|
1134333803 |
|
9781134333752 (e-book ; Mobi) |
|
1134333757 |
|
9781134333790 (e-book ; ePub) |
|
113433379X |
|
9781138141049 (hardback) |
|
1138141046 |
|
0203638204 (OEB Format) |
|
0203637151 (Adobe eReader format) |
| Report No. |
MYILIB_CUp |
|
