From a preeminent scholar and translator, the definitive translation of Aristotle’s essential work.The Nicomachean Ethics is widely considered Aristotle’s most significant work of ethical philosophy, and has had an unquestionably profound impact on all subsequent Western philosophy, law, and theology—from the works of Dante Alighieri to modern “virtue ethics.”In this new translation, preeminent scholar Robin Waterfield masterfully renders Aristotle...

CONTENTS: - Part 1: Logic (Organon) Categories, translated by E. M. Edghill On Interpretation, translated by E. M. Edghill Prior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. Jenkinson Posterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. Mure Topics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge Sophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge - Part 2: Universal Physics Physics (8 Books), translated by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye On the Heavens (4 Books), translated by J. L. S...

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, once called his writing style "a river of gold;" and his scope of thought and subsequent influence on the study of science, logic, philosophical discourse, and theology has led many to dub him "The Philosopher." Contents: Part 1: Logic (Organon) ...

Aristotle examines how best to live by looking at the nature of those virtues that characterize the most thriving human beings, and then at how to acquire and develop such virtues. This book is considered the founding document of what is now known as the "virtue ethics" tradition.Along the way, Aristotle delves into pleasure, happiness, justice, friendship, and willpower. He intended the Nicomachean Ethics to be the foundation on which to build his Politics.Nicomachean Ethics is based on A...

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within general and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: 1 Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has...

A monumental collection of writings from one of history's greatest philosophers. This comprehensive volume explores philosophy, ethics, politics, science, logic, and human understanding through the brilliant ideas of Aristotle. His influential works shaped Western philosophy and continue to inspire thought and learning across countless fields. Profound, intellectual, and historically significant, the collection offers readers timeless insights into reason, morality, knowledge, and the natu...

The greatest philosophical works ever written. One audiobook. Over one hundred hours of professional narration.From ancient Greece to modern Europe covering ethics, reason, power, suffering, freedom, and the eternal question of how to live well.Narrated by a professional voice cast, with each text adapted for the listening experience and older works updated for modern ears.What's inside:Meditations - M...

CONTENTS: - Part 1: Logic (Organon) Categories, translated by E. M. Edghill On Interpretation, translated by E. M. Edghill Prior Analytics (2 Books), translated by A. J. Jenkinson Posterior Analytics (2 Books), translated by G. R. G. Mure Topics (8 Books), translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge Sophistical Refutations, translated by W. A. Pickard-Cambridge - Part 2: Universal Physics Physics (8 Books), translated by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye On the Heavens (4 Books), translated by J. L. S...

Few works have shaped the history of philosophy as profoundly as Aristotle’s Metaphysics. In this foundational text, Aristotle asks the deepest questions human reason can pose: What does it mean for something to exist? What is substance? What are cause, form, matter, potentiality, and actuality? And is there a first principle behind all things?Moving beyond the study of nature, Aristotle investigates “being as being,” laying the groundwork for centuries of metaphysi...

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On the one hand, Aristotle critically re-examines the cosmological ideas and principles developed in Greece since the dawn of rational reflection on ‘physis’; on the other, he formulates an original and coherent vision of the universe. The ‘imago mundi’, which for many centuries dominated the Western conception of the cosmos, finds its formulation here. On the Heavens, on the other hand, far from being reduced to a collection of dry theories, presents itself as a fascinating intersection o...

What is tragedy? What makes a story unforgettable? And why does art move us to tears, fear, or joy? In one of the most influential works of literary criticism ever written, Aristotle dissects the very essence of storytelling. Poetics is a profound exploration of epic poetry, drama, and mimesis—the human instinct to imitate and learn through art. Here, Aristotle introduces timeless concepts like hamartia (the tragic flaw), anagnorisis (recognition), peripeteia (reversal of fate), and cathar...