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Author Barnes, Jonathan, 1942-

Title Aristotle : a very short introduction / Jonathan Barnes
Edition [Revised edition]
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
©2000

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Description 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm
Series Very short introductions ; 32
Very short introductions ; 32
Contents The man and his work -- A public figure -- Zoological researches -- Collecting facts -- The philosophical background -- The structure of the sciences -- Logic -- Knowledge -- Ideal and achievement -- Reality -- Change -- Causes -- Empiricism -- Aristotle's world-picture -- Psychology -- Evidence and theory -- Teleology -- Practical philosophy -- The arts -- Afterlife -- Chronological table
Summary "Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context."--Publisher description
Notes Previous ed: 1982
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index
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Subject Aristotle.
880-01 Aristotle.
880-01 Αριστοτέλης, 384-322 π.Χ
880-01 Αριστοτέλης.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Genre/Form VCE
LC no. 2001268265
ISBN 0192854089
9780192854087