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  1. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics (Aristotelian Commentary Series) by St. Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Blackwell, et all 1999-10-15
  2. Aristotle, XIX, Nicomachean Ethics (Loeb Classical Library) by Aristotle, 1934-06-10
  3. Aristotle by Sir David Ross, 2004-11-23
  4. Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics [Aristotelian Commentary Series] by Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1995
  5. The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Blackwell Guides to Great Works)
  6. The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, & Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance by Burgess Laughlin, 1995-07
  7. The Pocket Aristotle by Aristotle, 2001-06-26
  8. From Aristotle to Darwin & Back Again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species and Evolution by Etienne Gilson, Foreword by Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn, 2009-09-30
  9. Aristotle in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes) by Paul Strathern, 1996-09-25
  10. Heidegger And Aristotle: The Twofoldness of Being (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) by Walter A. Brogan, 2006-06-01
  11. Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom by David Bradshaw, 2007-03-26
  12. Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics: Rethinking Happiness and Duty
  13. Aristotle and Logical Theory by Jonathan Lear, 1986-03-31
  14. Politica (Oxford Classical Texts) by Aristotle, 1957-12-31

61. The Universe Of Aristotle And Ptolemy
However, the Greek philosopher aristotle (many of aristotles works are available at the Internet Classics Archive) proposed that the heavens were literally
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The Universe of
Aristotle and Ptolemy
The celestial sphere that we introduced previously is a convenient fiction to locate objects in the sky. However, the Greek philosopher Aristotle (many of Aristotles works are available at the Internet Classics Archive ) proposed that the heavens were literally composed of 55 concentric, crystalline spheres to which the celestial objects were attached and which rotated at different velocities (but the angular velocity was constant for a given sphere), with the Earth at the center. The following figure illustrates the ordering of the spheres to which the Sun, Moon, and visible planets were attached. (The diagram is not to scale, and the planets are aligned for convenience in illustration; generally they were distributed around the spheres.) There were additional "buffering" spheres that lay between the spheres illustrated. The sphere of the stars lay beyond the ones shown here for the planets; finally, in the Aristotelian conception there was an outermost sphere that was the domain of the "Prime Mover". The Prime Mover caused the outermost sphere to rotate at constant angular velocity, and this motion was imparted from sphere to sphere, thus causing the whole thing to rotate. By adjusting the velocities of these concentric spheres, many features of planetary motion could be explained. However, the troubling observations of varying planetary brightness and retrograde motion could not be accommodated: the spheres moved with constant angular velocity, and the objects attached to them were always the same distance from the earth because they moved on spheres with the earth at the center.

62. Aristotle's Poetics
aristotle s Poetics Introduction. aristotle s Poetics. adapted from the translation by S.H. Butcher. Section 1. Introduction
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Aristotle's Poetics : Introduction
Aristotle's Poetics
[adapted from the translation by S.H. Butcher] Section:
Introduction

Poetry as a species of imitation

The anthropology and history of poetry

Tragedy: definition and analysis
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Comparative evaluation of epic and tragedy

Chapter
1. Introduction
I propose to treat of poetry in itself and of its various kinds, noting the essential quality of each, to inquire into the structure of the plot as requisite to a good poem; into the number and nature of the parts of which a poem is composed; and similarly into whatever else falls within the same inquiry. Following, then, the order of nature, let us begin with the principles which come first.
2. Poetry as a species of imitation
Epic poetry and tragedy, comedy also and dithyrambic poetry, and the music of the flute and of the lyre in most of their forms, are all in their general conception modes of imitation. They differ, however, from one another in three respects - the medium, the objects, the manner or mode of imitation, being in each case distinct. 2.1 Medium:

63. Aristotle Of Stagira (384-322 BC) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific B
aristotle studied at the Academy, but disagreed with Plato, feeling that one could obtain knowledge about the natural world. He distinguished between two
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Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 BC)

Greek philosopher usually upheld as one of the greatest philosophers of all times. Aristotle studied at the Academy, but disagreed with Plato , feeling that one could obtain knowledge about the natural world. He distinguished between two types of philosophers: the physiologoi (natural philosophers) who study nature (e.g. Thales Anaximander , and Anaximenes ) and the theologoi who used gods and myths (e.g. Homer and Hesiod ). Aristotle believed that there exists a "golden mean," or desirable middle ground between any two extremes. He founded his own school in Athens called the Lyceum (or "peripatetic school," since Aristotle used to lecture while walking) which emphasized natural philosophy. Aristotle's lectures were compiled into 150 volumes including Physics, Metaphysics, and De Caelo et Mundo (On the Heavens and Earth). Aristotle philosophized on virtually every other subject. He classified animals in a "Scala Naturae" or "Chain of Being" which consisted of God, man, mammals, oviparous with perfect eggs (e.g., birds), oviparous with non-perfect eggs (e.g., fish), insects, plants, and non-living matter. He considered each link in the chain as a "species." He also made extensive taxonomic studies of more than 500 animal species, dissecting many of them. The observations he published in Generation of Animals and Historia Animalum (Investigation of Animals) were meticulous, and his classification scheme conspicuously modern, departing from the prior Greek practices of using categories such as with feet/footless and winged/wingless. Aristotle achieved such a feat in biology by making use of the same principles of logic (whose systematic study he was the founder of) that he applied in his physical investigations. He did not, however, make a real classification system for plants.

64. The Life Of Aristotle Onassis
The life and character of aristotle Onassis, in many ways, exhibited strong similarities to that of the Greek mythological figure Odysseus.
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T he life and character of Aristotle Onassis, in many ways, exhibited strong similarities to that of the Greek mythological figure Odysseus. Although never a passionate reader, Aristotle was fascinated by the story of Odysseus about his eternal journey in search of chimera and adventures and his ultimate return to his native country to reign in peace on his people. This character always attracted him as he felt the sense of a similar destiny and that he, as did Odysseus, knew how to exist above all will. A ri was brought up in an environment consumed by the rigorous principles of the Orthodox Church. But inside him, there remained only a deep religious sense of man as he grew older, a sense that respects the strength of superior events while de-emphasizing the will of a god or the lords in determining most matters. Ari was one to never escape the fight and to spends all his energies consumed in an eternal struggle. H is stellar performance as a businessman was surely linked to this component of his character, to the aggressiveness of a man who was willing to win at any price. He was born in Smirne, from where we believe Homer has originated. After Smirne was occupied by the Turks, he ended up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here he succeeded in a few years to gain his fated first million. As he went down the path of success with the logic of narcissus, sure of always going the right way and often times feeling omnipotent, he faced rivals and courts of justice, democracies and colonels. Few people in their lives have come across such a crescendo of power.

65. Aristotle - Biography
aristotle, one of Plato s greatest students, was born in 384 BC. aristotle s father was a physician to the king of Mecadonia, and when aristotle was seven
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The Philosopher's Lighthouse Site Map About Aristotle's Life Aristotle, one of Plato's greatest students, was born in 384 BC. Aristotle's father was a physician to the king of Mecadonia, and when Aristotle was seven years old, his father sent him to study at the Academy. He was there at the beginning as a student, then became a researcher and finally a teacher. He seemed to adopted and developed Platonic ideas while there and to have expressed them in dialogue form. When Plato died, Plato willed the Academy not to Aristotle, but to his nephew Speusippus. Aristotle then left Athens with Xenocrates to go to Assos, in Asia Minor, where he opened a branch of the Academy. This Academy focused more on biology than its predecessor that relied on mathematics. There he met Hermias, another former student of Plato, who had become king of Assos. Aristotle married Hermias niece, Pythias, who died ten years later. During these years in Assos, Aristotle started to break away from Platonism and developed his own ideas. King Philip of Macedonia invited Aristotle to the capitol around 343 BC to tutor his thirteen-ear-old don, Alexander. Tutoring Alexander in the Academy in Assos, Aristotle still remained the president of the Academy. In 359 BC, Alexander's father, King Philip decided to set off to subdue the Greek city-states, and left Alexander in charge, thus stopping Aristotle's tutoring of Alexander.

66. Outline Of Aristotle's Theory Of Tragedy
aristotle was a great admirer of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, considering it the perfect tragedy, and not surprisingly, his analysis fits that play most
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in the
POETICS Definition of Tragedy:
katharsis context links to consult the full online text) The treatise we call the Poetics was composed at least 50 years after the death of Sophocles Oedipus the King , considering it the perfect tragedy, and not surprisingly, his analysis fits that play most perfectly. I shall therefore use this play to illustrate the following major parts of Aristotle's analysis of tragedy as a literary genre. mimesis has happened while tragedy dramatizes what may may happen at any time or place because that is the way the world operates. Tragedy therefore arouses not only pity but also fear, because the audience can envision themselves within this cause-and-effect chain ( context context ). See Freytag's Triangle for a diagram that illustrates Aristotle's ideal plot structure, and Plot of Oedipus the King
  • incentive moment , must start the cause-and-effect chain but not be dependent on anything outside the compass of the play (i.e., its causes are downplayed but its effects are stressed). The middle, or climax , must be caused by earlier incidents and itself cause the incidents that follow it (i.e., its causes and effects are stressed). The end, or
  • 67. Edge: "ARISTOTLE " (THE KNOWLEDGE WEB)
    NOTE In May, 2004, Edge published Danny Hillis s essay in which he proposed aristotle The Knowledge Web. With the knowledge web, he wrote,
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    68. American Rhetoric: Aristotle's Rhetoric - Selected Moments
    Selected text from aristotle s Rhetoric on the nature and function of Rhetoric.
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    69. The Light Cone: Aristotle's Spacetime
    aristotle was interested in motion. He realized that motion can be understood by seeing how the location of an object changed. And that one could talk about
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    Space and Time according to Aristotle
    Every sensible body is by its nature somewhere. (Physics,Book 3, 205a:10)
    Time is the numeration of continuous movement. (Physics, Book 4, 223b:1)
    Aristotle was interested in motion. He realized that motion can be understood by seeing how the location of an object changed. And that one could talk about "one object moving faster than another" by comparing how much the location of each changed in some interval of time. It is not our purpose to critically discuss Aristotle and his views concerning space and time. We are exercising our poetic license to use him to represent the ancient pre-Renaissant views of space and time.
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    Poetic License Technical comments Let us a try to draw a picture of Aristotle's view of space, time, and motion. Recall:
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    70. Quotes By Aristotle . Read Quotations Of Aristotle
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    72. ASTROnet :: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
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    73. The Philosophy Of Aristotle - Page 1
    A series of essays on aristotle and Aristotelian philosophy, and criticism from a radical perspective.
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    74. Aristotle And Informal Education
    picture aristotle. picture in public domain wikipedia commons aristotle (384 322 BC). aristotle s work was wide-ranging - yet our knowledge of him is
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    We only have scraps of his work, but his influence on educational thinking has been of fundamental importance.
    Aristotle A tireless scholar, whose scientific explorations were as wide-ranging as his philosophical speculations were profound; a teacher who inspired - and who continues to inspire - generations of pupils; a controversial public figure who lived a turbulent life in a turbulent world. He bestrode antiquity like an intellectual colossus. No man before him had contributed so much to learning. No man after could hope to rival his achievement Jonathan Barnes (1982) Aristotle , Oxford: OUP. There are only scraps of his work On Education , however we can get a picture of his ideas from surviving works. Aristotle believed that education was central - the fulfilled person was an educated person. Here I want to focus on those elements of his thought that continue to play a key part in theorizing informal education. Niconachean Ethics Fourth, and linked to the above, Aristotle bequeathed to us the long-standing categorizing of disciplines into the theoretical, practical and technical

    75. Was Aristotle The First Physicist? - Physicsworld.com
    Ever since Galileo attacked aristotle s view of the world, the Greek philosopher s ideas have been regarded as a barrier to scientific progress.
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      Deep thoughts In the spring of 1998 I found myself standing on the stones of the Lyceum of Aristotle in Athens. It was strange to think that for two millennia no-one had stood on this spot and known the significance of the place. The location of the Lyceum - the world's first university - had been roughly known to archaeologists, but the serendipitous discovery of it by Ephi Ligouri in 1997 was without doubt one of the most momentous classical discoveries of modern times.

    76. The Works Of Aristotle At LibertyOnline
    Translations of the Poetics, Rhetoric, and others. Hosted by Liberty Online.
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    Aristotle is the first important figure in the history of individual liberty. It is primarily Aristotle's metaphysics (nature of existence) and epistemology (the study of knowledge) that led to the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the concept that man must be free to live the life proper to man.
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    78. Malaspina Great Books - Aristotle (384 BCE)
    This position, we have reason to believe, was held under various predecessors of Amyntas by aristotle s ancestors, so that the profession of medicine was in
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    79. BBC - Radio 4 - In Our Time - Greatest Philosopher - Aristotle
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    80. Greek Medicine | Aristotle & Pseudo-Aristotle
    Born in 384 B.C.E. the son of a physician at Stageira in Macedonia, aristotle was one of the most noted philosophers and scientists of the ancient world.
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    Last updated: 16 September 2002 Aristotle Born in 384 B.C.E. the son of a physician at Stageira in Macedonia, Aristotle was one of the most noted philosophers and scientists of the ancient world. Once a student of Plato at his Academy in Athens, Aristotle adopted his own methods of inquiry different from that of his teacher. Unlike Plato, Aristotle felt that one could, and in fact must, trust one's senses in the investigation of knowledge and reality. At Plato's death, Aristotle was not chosen to be his successor as head of the Academy and he left Athens. He eventually returned to Macedonia, where he was teacher to the young Alexander the Great. After Alexander conquered Athens and the rest of the Middle East and Egypt, Aristotle returned to Athens to found the Lyceum, a school similar to Plato's Academy. After Alexander's death, Aristotle was forced to flee Athens to the nearby island of Euboea, where he died soon afterwards in 322 B.C.E Aristotle's writings cover a wide variety of subjects, from human and animal anatomy, to metaphysics, statesmanship, and poetry. His treatises on human anatomy are lost, but his many works on animals advocate direct observation and anatomical comparisons between species through dissection. He wrote extensively on the soul, classifying the souls of different forms of life and inanimate objects, including the earth and the heavens. Aristotle wrote extensively on animal life and both sexual and asexual reproduction, making him in many ways the founder of Western natural philosophy.

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