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"Originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954, the Oxford Translation of Aristotle is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volumes contain the substance of the original Translation, revised by Jonathan Barnes in the light of recent research. Three of the original versions - Categories, On Interpretation, and Posterior Analytics - have been replaced by more modern translations. A new and enlarged selection of Fragments has been added. A generous index provides indispensable aid to the scholar."--Publisher's description.… (more)
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The New Lifetime Reading Plan: Number 13
OK, I'll confess. I'm not an Aristotle fan. I chose to read "Nicomachean Ethics", "Politics" and "Poetics" because it was on The New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman. Obviously, around 350 B.C., basic concepts regarding alternative
Learned some things in "Ethics" about his view on temperaments. Loved what he says in "Politics, Book VII, Part 13": "This makes men fancy that external goods are the cause of happiness, yet we might as well say that a brilliant performance on the lyre was to be attributed to the instrument and not to the skill of the performer." His comments on poets (Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) and their works shed a more contemporary critic.