Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes
Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes
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Aristotle
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jonathan Barnes

Narrator: Jonathan Barnes

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/25/2021

Synopsis

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book 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.

About Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes taught at Oxford for twenty-five years, being a Fellow first of Oriel and then of Balliol. He then spent eight years at the University of Geneva, before becoming professor of ancient philosophy at the Sorbonne. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many publications include The Ontological Argument; Aristotle's Posterior Analytics; Aristotle; The Complete Works of Aristotle; Truth, etc.; Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I; with J. Annas, The Modes of Scepticism; Early Greek Philosophy; The Toils of Scepticism; The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle; and Porphyry: Introduction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on June 28, 2021

Jonathan Barnes's book demonstrates the breadth of Aristotle's thought. However, his primary focus is on Aristotle's contribution to the sciences. As a result, he devotes just seven pages to his practical philosophy of ethics and politics. Ironically, in his final chapter, Barnes states that many o......more

Goodreads review by Riku on May 04, 2014

On Approaching Aristotle I enjoyed this VSI. What was most valuable was that it gave me a good frame of reference to tackle Aristotle — by letting me prepare for Aristotle in relation to Plato. Of course, Jonathan Barnes mostly assumes that the the reader has already taken the trouble to read Pla......more

Goodreads review by Roy on June 07, 2016

(3.5 stars, but I’ll round up to 4.) Aristotle has proven to be one of the most difficult philosophers for me to come to grips with. For lack of a better phrase, I just don’t get it. His writings are some of the most dry, disorganized, and tedious works that I’ve made myself read. This, of course,......more

Goodreads review by robin on October 06, 2019

Aristotle In The Very Short Introduction Series Readers may explore the volumes in Oxford University Press' "Very Short Introduction" series for a variety of reasons. The books are valuable to readers new to a subject. Such readers may want to expand their basic knowledge of a subject without delving......more

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