Introduction to Aristotle: Edited with a General Introduction and Introductions to the Particular Works by Richard McKeon, 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition

Aristotle

ISBN 10: 0226560325 / ISBN 13: 9780226560328

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Aristotle: Edited with a General Introduction and Introductions to the Particular Works by Richard McKeon, 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226560325
• ISBN 13: 9780226560328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Since the publication of the original edition in 1947, Richard McKeon's Introduction to Aristotle has become the standard text for a variety of courses in philosophy and the humanities. For this revised and enlarged edition, Professor McKeon has completely rewritten his General Introduction and his introductions to the particular works. He has also expanded the collection to include material from On the Parts of Animals and the Rhetoric.

Aristotle's contribution to Western civilization is enormous. Our language, our distinctions, our ways of thinking, all are profoundly affected by his work. Since an understanding of Aristotle is indispensable for the understanding of our own culture, the ready availability of his work is crucial.

This collection, for students and general readers alike, provides in one volume Posterior Analytics (Logic), De Anima (On the Soul), Nicomachean Ethics, and Poetics, complete and unabridged, together with generous selections from Physics, On the Parts of Animals, Metaphysics, Politics, and Rhetoric. These works, together with Professor McKeon's revised introductions, provide a convenient and thorough exposure to the works of Aristotle and to the structural interrelations in the Aristotelian system of thought.

About the Author

Richard McKeon (1900–85) was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Chicago.