Aristotle (Routledge Philosophers)
by Christopher Shields
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Author: Christopher ShieldsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 0415283329
Number of pages: 456
Publisher: Routledge
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Book Review: Wonderful introduction!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having read the Darwin and Liebniz editions of the Routledge Philosophers series I thought it was the appropriate time to tackle one of the early giants. I'll leave it to the Aristotle scholars to discuss how well Shields has interpreted Aristotle's body of work, relative to other introductory books. But as a philosophical novice, I have thoroughly enjoyed this introduction to Aristotle's life and thought. Shields has done a masterful job of situating Aristotle's various writings with respect to his overall body of work. I was surprised to learn how much of Aristotle's thinking was informed by the natural sciences, especially Biology. Modern taxonomists, especially those, like myself, who use genetic methods to explore biological diversity are still grappling with issues that Aristotle contemplated (what is species?). We would all do well to approach these problems with the sophistication of Aristotle and the clarity of Shields.
My only quibble is that the editing is somewhat sloppy. There is nothing like being confused by an argument only to realize that a word or phrase has been poorly edited!
Summary of Aristotle (Routledge Philosophers)
In this excellent introduction, Christopher Shields introduces and assesses the whole of Aristotle's philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics and the arts.
Beginning with a brief biography, Christopher Shields carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle's thought: his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology and his four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses Aristotle's metaphysics and the theory of categories and logical theory and his conception of the human being and soul and body.
In the last part, he concentrates on Aristotle's value theory as applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to happiness, virtues and the best life for human beings. He concludes with an appraisal of Aristotelianism today.
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