The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle [Hardcover]

The most accessible and comprehensive guide to Aristotle currently available.Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition as well as one of the most difficult to understand. Contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty in the course of offering a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work.Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition as well as one of the most difficult to understand. Contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty in the course of offering a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work.Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty, but at the same time they offer a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work. Approaches and methods vary and the volume editor has not imposed any single interpretation, but has rather allowed differences of interpretation to stand.Introduction: Aristotle's writings; 1. Life and work Jonathan Barnes; 2. Logic Robin Smith; 3. Metaphysics Jonathan Barnes; 4. Philosophy of science R. J. Hankinson; 5. Science R. J. Hankinson; 6. Psychology Stephen Everson; 7. Ethics D. S. Hutchinson; 8. Politics C. C. W. Taylor; 9. Rhetoric and poetics Jonathan Barnes. This lively collection serves its purpose well. Ethics ...a clear, concise, well organized, comprehensive treatment of Aristotle's philosophy. Howard J. Curzer, Canadian Philosophical Review The book is above all an inspring and informative guide for philosophically ambitious students of Aristotle, but even a more advanced reader finds much of interest and pleasure in it. Bryn Mawr Classical Review The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle is a must read for any Aristotelian scholar, but it is also beneficial to a reader with little knowledl³Ô