Introducing Aristotle: A Graphic Guide

by Rupert Woodfin

Other authorsJudy Groves (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2010

Status

Available

Call number

185

Publication

Icon Books Ltd (2010), 176 pages

Description

Aristotle - the master of those who know. For fifteen hundred years he remained the paradigm of knowledge itself, a foundational thinker in every field of inquiry. Aristotle established a systematic logic, conceived the earliest science, a rational psychology, a political science and an outline of sociology, and gave us a crucial theory of ethics. His contributions to metaphysics continue to permeate modern philosophy. He supplied the first theory of aesthetics, and investigated dialectics and semiotics - essential to debates in postmodernism. Scientific empiricism in the 17th century, however, is said to have discredited his methods. How scientific is Aristotle?

User reviews

LibraryThing member jpsnow
Creative and fast overview that still conveys some of the deeper concepts and the impact on later schools of thought. I find this series very effective relative to many of the other approaches to survey.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

176 p.; 4.5 inches

ISBN

1848311699 / 9781848311695

Barcode

4547
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