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Aristotle.
Title:
Aristotle.
Author:
Hoffe, Otfried.
ISBN:
9780791487259
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Series:
SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Contents:
ARISTOTLE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND METHOD OF CITATION -- PREFACE -- PART I: "THE PHILOSOPHER"? -- 1. THE MAN AND HIS WORK -- 1.1 THE MAN -- 1.2 THE WORK -- 2. RESEARCHER, SCHOLAR, AND PHILOSOPHER -- PART II: KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE -- 3. THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE -- 3.1 PROPAEDEUTIC? -- 3.2 AN EPISTEMIC HIERARCHY -- 3.3 FREEDOM AND SELF-REALIZATION -- 4. FORMS OF RATIONALITY -- 4.1 SYLLOGISTICS -- 4.2 DIALECTIC (TOPICS) -- 4.3 RHETORIC -- 4.4 POETICS: TRAGEDY -- 5. PROOFS AND PRINCIPLES -- 5.1 A CRITIQUE OF DEMONSTRATIVE REASON -- 5.2 AXIOMS AND OTHER PRINCIPLES -- 5.3 INDUCTION AND MIND -- 6. FOUR METHODICAL MAXIMS -- 6.1 ESTABLISHING THE PHENOMENA -- 6.2 DOCTRINES -- 6.3 DIFFICULTIES -- 6.4 LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS -- PART III: PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS -- 7. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY -- 7.1 ARISTOTELIAN NATURAL SCIENCE -- 7.2 MOTION -- 7.3 THE FOUR CAUSES -- 7.4 CONTINUUM, THE INFINITE, PLACE, AND TIME -- 8. BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY -- 8.1 ARISTOTLE THE ZOOLOGIST -- 8.2 TELEONOMY: ORGANISMS, PROCREATION, AND HEREDITY -- 8.3 THE SOUL -- 9. FIRST PHILOSOPHY, OR METAPHYSICS -- 10. COSMOLOGY AND THEOLOGY -- 10.1 META-PHYSICS -- 10.2 THE COSMOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD -- 10.3 AN ETHICAL CONCEPT OF GOD? -- 11. ONTOLOGY AND LANGUAGE -- 11.1 CATEGORIES -- 11.2 SUBSTANCE -- 11.3 ARISTOTLE'S CRITIQUE OF PLATO'S IDEAS -- 11.4 ON LANGUAGE -- PART IV: ETHICS AND POLITICS -- 12. PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY -- 12.1 THE AUTONOMY OF ETHICS -- 12.2 THE GOAL IS ACTION -- 12.3 OUTLINE KNOWLEDGE -- 13. THEORY OF ACTION -- 13.1 THE BASIC CONCEPT OF DESIRE -- 13.2 DECISION AND POWER OF JUDGMENT -- 13.3 WEAKNESS OF THE WILL -- 13.4 DOES ARISTOTLE KNOW THE CONCEPT OF WILL? -- 14. THE GOOD LIFE -- 14.1 THE PRINCIPLE OF HAPPINESS -- 14.2 VIRTUES OF CHARACTER -- 14.3 JUSTICE, NATURAL LAW, AND EQUITY -- 14.4 THEORETICAL OR POLITICAL EXISTENCE?.

15. POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- 15.1 THE RELEVANCE OF THE POLITICS -- 15.2 "POLITICAL BY NATURE" -- 15.3 FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER PREREQUISITES -- 16. POLITICAL JUSTICE -- 16.1 ELEMENTARY INEQUALITIES -- 16.2 RULE OF THE FREE OVER THE FREE -- 16.3 DEMOCRACY OR POLITY ? -- PART V: THE RECEPTION -- 17. ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES -- 17.1 ANTIQUITY -- 17.2 CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, AND JUDAISM -- 17.3 THE GREAT ARISTOTELIAN RENAISSANCE -- 18. THE MODERN AGE AND THE PRESENT -- 18.1 DETACHMENT AND RENEWED INTEREST -- 18.2 ARISTOTLE RESEARCH AND NEO-ARISTOTELIANISMS -- CHRONOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- GENERAL INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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