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A Companion to Aristotle

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Georgios Anagnostopoulos
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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 11, 2009 - Philosophy - 672 pages
The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology.
  • 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
  

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Contents

Aristotles Life
3
Aristotles Works and the Development of His Thought
14
THE TOOLS OF INQUIRY
29
Deductive Logic
31
Aristotles Theory of Demonstration
51
Empiricism and the First Principles of Aristotelian Science
66
Aristotle on Signification and Truth
81
Aristotles Methods
101
Form Essence and Explanation in Aristotles Biology
348
Generation of Animals
368
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
385
Ethics
387
Pleasure
404
Human Excellence in Character and Intellect
419
Courage
442
Justice
457

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE
123
Metaphysics
125
Aristotelian Categories
144
Form and Matter
162
Aristotle on Universals
186
Substances
197
Causes
213
Heavenly Bodies and First Causes
230
Physics
242
Aristotle on the Infinite Space and Time
260
Change and Its Relation to Actuality and Potentiality
277
Psychology
292
Sensation and Desire
310
Phantasia and Thought
322
Biology
335
Friendship
471
Voluntary Involuntary and Choice
483
Aristotle on Action Practical Reason and Weakness of the Will
498
Politics
512
Rulers and Ruled
526
Aristotle on the Ideal Constitution
540
Excellences of the Citizen and of the Individual
555
Education and the State
566
PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE
577
Rhetoric
579
Passions and Persuasion
597
Art
612
The Elements of Tragedy
628
Index
643
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About the author (2009)

Georgios Anagnostopoulos is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, where he teaches classical philosophy, ethics and metaphysics. His research has focused on Greek ethics and epistemology and ancient views on the arts and sciences, especially medicine. He is the author of Aristotle on the Goals and Exactness of Ethics (1994).

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