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Jan 11, 2006 · Aristotle on Causality. First published Wed Jan 11, 2006; substantive revision Tue Mar 7, 2023. Causality is at the heart of Aristotle’s scientific and philosophical enterprise. Each Aristotelian science consists in the causal investigation of a specific department of reality. If successful, such an investigation results in causal knowledge ...
Aristotle: Poetics. The Poetics of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) is a much-disdained book. So unpoetic a soul as Aristotle’s has no business speaking about such a topic, much less telling poets how to go about their business. He reduces the drama to its language, people say, and the language itself to its least poetic element, the story, and ...
After the death of his wife Pythias, Aristotle lived with a woman named Herpyllis, with whom he had a son, Nichomachus, named after Aristotleu0019s father. Although Herpyllis was of inferior social status (she could have been a slave or a freed servant), Aristotle was very fond of her and made generous provisions for her in his will.
Aristotle - Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics: Aristotle regarded psychology as a part of natural philosophy, and he wrote much about the philosophy of mind. This material appears in his ethical writings, in a systematic treatise on the nature of the soul (De anima), and in a number of minor monographs on topics such as sense-perception, memory, sleep, and dreams.
May 2, 2002 · Aristotle’s Rhetoric has had an unparalleled influence on the development of the art of rhetoric. In addition to Aristotle’s disciples and followers, the so-called Peripatetic philosophers (see Fortenbaugh/Mirhady 1994), famous Roman teachers of rhetoric, such as Cicero and Quintilian, frequently used elements stemming from Aristotle’s rhetorical theory.
Oct 8, 2000 · Aristotle’s Metaphysics. First published Sun Oct 8, 2000; substantive revision Sat Nov 21, 2020. The first major work in the history of philosophy to bear the title “Metaphysics” was the treatise by Aristotle that we have come to know by that name. But Aristotle himself did not use that title or even describe his field of study as ...
Aristotle was a classical Greek philosopher taught by Plato. He continued the same project of philosophy that Plato was doing, but believed that he was correcting many of Plato’s errors. He wrote on many subjects including science, logic, philosophy, politics and ethics. Aristotle’s life began in 384BC in Stageira, Chalcidice.
