A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 6, Aristotle: An Encounter

W. K. C. Guthrie (Author)

9780521387606, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 March 1990

476 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.756 kg

'… the record of the meeting of two minds. It is illuminated by a vivid intellectual excitement, and by an affection for Aristotle that may surprise those who find him too forbiddingly rational to be loved … For undergraduates, nervously approaching this philosopher for the first time, it will be the most encouraging, illuminating and informative account that they are likely to meet.' Andrew Barker, University of Warwick

All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.

Obiter dicta
1. Discovering Aristotle
2. Aristotle's life and philosophical pilgrimage
3. The written remains
4. Eudemus, Protrepticus, De Philosophia
5. The mind of Aristotle
6. Abstraction and the revelation of form
7. Teleology and its defence: the concept of potentiality
8. The divisions of knowledge
9. Logic, the tool of philosophy
10. The road to knowledge
11. Substanced
12. Causes
13. Theory of motion and theology
14. Psychology
15. The philosophy of human life.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]