A Companion to Aristotle [Hardcover]

• The most comprehensive single volume survey of the life and work of Aristotle
• Comprised of 40 newly commissioned essays from leading experts
• Coves the full range of Aristotle's work, from his 'theoretical' inquiries into metaphysics, physics, psychology, and biology, to the practical and productive sciences such as ethics, politics, rhetoric, and art

Preface xvi

Abbreviations of Aristotle’s Works xviii

Part I ARISTOTLE’S LIFE AND WORKS 1

1 Aristotle’s Life 3
GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS

2 Aristotle’s Works and the Development of His Thought 14
GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS

Part II THE TOOLS OF INQUIRY 29

3 Deductive Logic 31
DAVID KEYT

4 Aristotle’s Theory of Demonstration 51
ROBIN SMITH

5 Empiricism and the First Principles of Aristotelian Science 66
MICHAEL FEREJOHN

6 Aristotle on Signification and Truth 81
PAOLO CRIVELLI

7 Aristotle’s Methods 101
GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS

Part III THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE 123

A. Metaphysics

8 The Science and Axioms of Being 125
MICHAEL V. WEDIN

9 Aristotelian Categories 144
GARETH B. MATTHEWS

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