Aristotle

In this excellent introduction Christopher Shields introduces and assessesthe whole of <strong>Aristotle</strong>s philosophy showing how his powerful conceptio... » 

In this excellent introduction Christopher Shields introduces and assessesthe whole of Aristotles philosophy showing how his powerful conception ofhuman nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and themind ethics politics and the arts.Beginning with a brief biography Christopher Shields carefully explains thefundamental elements of Aristotles thought his explanatory framework hisphilosophical methodology and his fourcausal explanatory scheme. Subsequentlyhe discusses Aristotles metaphysics and the theory of categories and logicaltheory and his conception of the human being and soul and body.In the last part he concentrates on Aristotles value theory as applied toethics and politics and assesses his approach to happiness virtues and thebest life for human beings. He concludes with an appraisal of Aristotelianismtoday. «