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Meteorology – Aristotle

Meteorology is an essential part of the Corpus Aristotelicum and belongs to the section of Physics. The treatise is divided into four books and covers subjects like the four elements, the atmosphere, geology, hydrography and more.

Meteorology

Meteorology.

ISBN: 9783849692858

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Biography of Aristotle (from Wikipedia):

Aristotle ( 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato’s Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Politics – Aristotle

Politics is Aristotle’s most known work on political philosophy. The treatise is the logical sequel to the Nicomachean Ethics, as both works deal with the “philosophy of human affairs.” The whole treatise consists of eight books and chapters about constitutions, democracy, oligarchy, citizenships, states and political theories.

Politics

Politics.

ISBN: 9783849692841

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Composition of the book (from Wikipedia):

The literary character of the Politics is subject to some dispute, growing out of the textual difficulties that attended the loss of Aristotle’s works. Book III ends with a sentence that is repeated almost verbatim at the start of Book VII, while the intervening Books IV–VI seem to have a very different flavor … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s best-known work on this subject. It consists of ten books and is based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The theme of the work is the Socratic question of how men should best live. Before Socrates, philosophy was merely theoretical. This changed dramatically with Aristotle’s works, which bind philosophy to human issues. The Nicomachean Ethics are therefore practical rather than theoretical, in the original Aristotelian senses of these terms.

The Nicomachean Ethics

Format: Paperback.

The Nicomachean Ethics.

ISBN: 9783849692971

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Further information on this book (from Wikipedia):

The Nicomachean Ethics is the name normally given to Aristotle’s best-known work on ethics. The … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Constitution of Athens – Aristotle

The Constitution of Athens is a thorough description of the political system of that ancient state. The treatise was composed between 330 and 322 BC and consists of two parts. The first part deals with the different forms of the constitution, the second part describes the city’s institutions, including the terms of access to citizenship, magistrates and the courts.

The Constitution of Athens

Format: Paperback.

The Constitution of Athens.

ISBN: 9783849692964

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Discovery of the text (from Wikipedia):

The Aristotelian text is unique, because it is not a part of the Corpus Aristotelicum. It was lost until two leaves of a papyrus codex carrying part of the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The Organon – Aristotle

The Organon is another name for the standard collection of Aristotle’s six works on logic. They still belong to the most significant works on this subject and were highly influential throughout history for many philosophical tendencies, especially the Scholastics. This is the complete edition with all six works.

Contents:

Categories
On Interpretation
Prior Analytics
Posterior Analytics
Topics
Sophistical Refutations

The Organon

Format: Paperback.

The Organon.

ISBN: 9783849692940

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Influence of the Organon (from Wikipedia):

The Organon was used in the school founded by Aristotle at the Lyceum, and some parts of the works seem to be a scheme of a lecture on logic. So much so that after Aristotle’s death, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...