Aristotle for Everybody
Difficult Thought Made Easy

Aristotle IS Everybody We often come across teachers or books getting us to understand a philosopher. It is only common sense, they say. See, this is their thought: in a nutshell. See how easy it is? You already knew all this. You just have to remember that this guy talked of it first. You read those......more

In 1980, two years after completing a professional degree in psychology, after two years of earning a living as a childcare worker for ostensibly 'psychotic' adolescent boys, I decided to return to school. I'd liked the jobs I'd had, but they had no future and such challenges as they'd originally po......more

Two common games--"Twenty Questions" and "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral"--are Aristotelian because they classify things. Man's three dimensions: 1. making not only works of art but all man-made things, 2. doing in both social and moral spheres, and 3. knowing or acquiring knowledge. Another way to put......more

I didn't realize, when I started this, that it was intended for young readers -- Adler mentions that his 11 year old and 13 year old sons critiqued the manuscript. His tone is, at a few points, annoyingly condescending, but otherwise this was a pleasant, quick introduction to Aristotle. Actually, as......more

Excellent introduction.......more