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Aristotle : a very short introduction

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.

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  • ISBN: 0192854089
  • ISBN: 9780192854087
  • Physical Description: print
    160 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-156) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Aristotle 384-322 B.C

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction
Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction
by Barnes, Jonathan
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Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction

Jonathan Barnes has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Sussex. He has been writing since the age of 21 and under a pseudonym has published four novels. He cam across the Bates method in 1983 and, as a wearer of glasses himself, decided to investigate it from a biologist's viewpoint. He found it logical and consistent, and since practising it has been able to improve his eyesight and discard his glasses. (Bowker Author Biography)


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