712 results for 'Aristotle'

Alexander the Great: A Life of Conquest and Legacy Alexander the Great was a figure of enduring fascination, whose remarkable life has captivated historians and the general public alike for centuries...

The Six Secrets of Intelligence: Unlocking the Blueprint of the Human Mind Discover how to sharpen your reasoning and ability to think critically in any conversation. For over two thousand years,...

Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy Responds to the Challenge of Positivism and Historicism brings together the lectures that comprise Strauss's "Introduction to Political Philosophy." In this work,...

Difficult philosophy made easy. This comprehensive guide explores the universe and our place in it, the meaning of life, justice, and the good society, as well as the powers of reason. From ancient...

This entertaining guide explores the lives and thoughts of history's most fascinating philosophers, from Sappho to Kant, and Aristotle to Simone de Beauvoir. Peter Cave delves into how these great...

Elizabeth Anscombe's Intention: A Guide by John Schwenkler offers a careful and critical presentation of her influential work in analytic philosophy of action. Written against the backdrop of...

The End of the Poem: A Study in Poetics by Giorgio Agamben and Daniel Heller-Roazen. This book represents a profound rethinking of poetic language, exploring its relationship with theology and...

Natural Categories and Human Kinds Classification in the Natural and Social Sciences by Muhammad Ali Khalidi The concept of 'natural kinds' has been at the heart of philosophical debates about...

Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters by Jennifer Summit and Blakey Vermeule University of Chicago Press, 2018 The debate between action and contemplation is as old as...

Desiring the Good: A Novel Approach to Ethics Inspired by Ancient Philosophy. This book defends a distinctive approach in ethics that starts with a fundamental question: what is the good for human...

The Great Formal Machinery Works: Theories of Deduction and Computation at the Origins of the Digital Age The development of the digital age owes its existence to a crucial theoretical study of logic...

Aristotle Onassis's life was one of dizzying wealth and twisted intrigue. His orbit captivated the world when biographer Peter Evans first revealed it in 1986, but Onassis himself hinted that there...