Author: Adriel M. Trott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107036259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Adriel M. Trott reads Aristotle's Politics through the internal cause definition of nature to develop an active and inclusive account of politics.
Aristotle on the Nature of Community
Author: Adriel M. Trott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107036259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Adriel M. Trott reads Aristotle's Politics through the internal cause definition of nature to develop an active and inclusive account of politics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107036259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Adriel M. Trott reads Aristotle's Politics through the internal cause definition of nature to develop an active and inclusive account of politics.
Aristotle on Political Community
Author: David J. Riesbeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107107024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
A unified interpretation of Aristotle's views about the distinctive nature and value of political community, rule and participation.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107107024
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
A unified interpretation of Aristotle's views about the distinctive nature and value of political community, rule and participation.
Rediscovering Political Friendship
Author: Paul W. Ludwig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107022967
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Applies Aristotle's argument - that citizenship is like friendship - to the liberal and democratic societies of the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107022967
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Applies Aristotle's argument - that citizenship is like friendship - to the liberal and democratic societies of the present day.
The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis
Author: D. Brendan Nagle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521849349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Among ancient writers Aristotle offers the most profound analysis of the ancient Greek household and its relationship to the state. The household was not the family in the modern sense of the term, but a much more powerful entity with significant economic, political, social, and educational resources. The success of the polis in all its forms lay in the reliability of households to provide it with the kinds of citizens it needed to ensure its functioning. In turn, the state offered the members of its households a unique opportunity for humans to flourish. This 2006 book explains how Aristotle thought household and state interacted within the polis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521849349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Among ancient writers Aristotle offers the most profound analysis of the ancient Greek household and its relationship to the state. The household was not the family in the modern sense of the term, but a much more powerful entity with significant economic, political, social, and educational resources. The success of the polis in all its forms lay in the reliability of households to provide it with the kinds of citizens it needed to ensure its functioning. In turn, the state offered the members of its households a unique opportunity for humans to flourish. This 2006 book explains how Aristotle thought household and state interacted within the polis.
Aristotle on Religion
Author: Mor Segev
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415253
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108415253
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.
The Politics
Author: Aristotle
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141913266
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, 'The Politics' still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in particular circumstances - and how they may be maintained. Aristotle's opinions form an essential background to the thinking of philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli and Jean Bodin and both his premises and arguments raise questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141913266
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, 'The Politics' still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in particular circumstances - and how they may be maintained. Aristotle's opinions form an essential background to the thinking of philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli and Jean Bodin and both his premises and arguments raise questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world.
Aristotle's Anthropology
Author: Geert Keil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107192692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107192692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
The first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.
Plato, Aristotle, and the Purpose of Politics
Author: Kevin M. Cherry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107379873
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and, above all, the purpose of politics. The first scholar to place Aristotle's Politics in sustained dialogue with Plato's Statesman, Cherry argues that Aristotle rejects the view of politics advanced by Plato's Eleatic Stranger, contrasting them on topics such as the proper categorization of regimes, the usefulness and limitations of the rule of law, and the proper understanding of phronēsis. The various differences between their respective political philosophies, however, reflect a more fundamental difference in how they view the relationship of human beings to the natural world around them. Reading the Politics in light of the Statesman sheds new light on Aristotle's political theory and provides a better understanding of Aristotle's criticism of Socrates. Most importantly, it highlights an enduring and important question: should politics have as its primary purpose the preservation of life, or should it pursue the higher good of living well?
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107379873
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In this book, Kevin M. Cherry compares the views of Plato and Aristotle about the practice, study and, above all, the purpose of politics. The first scholar to place Aristotle's Politics in sustained dialogue with Plato's Statesman, Cherry argues that Aristotle rejects the view of politics advanced by Plato's Eleatic Stranger, contrasting them on topics such as the proper categorization of regimes, the usefulness and limitations of the rule of law, and the proper understanding of phronēsis. The various differences between their respective political philosophies, however, reflect a more fundamental difference in how they view the relationship of human beings to the natural world around them. Reading the Politics in light of the Statesman sheds new light on Aristotle's political theory and provides a better understanding of Aristotle's criticism of Socrates. Most importantly, it highlights an enduring and important question: should politics have as its primary purpose the preservation of life, or should it pursue the higher good of living well?
Aristotle on the Concept of Shared Life
Author: Sara Brill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192575961
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
According to the terms of Aristotle's Politics, to be alive is to instantiate a form of rule. In the growth of plants, the perceptual capacities and movement of animals, and the impulse that motivates thinking, speaking, and deliberating Aristotle sees the working of a powerful generative force come to expression in an array of forms of life, and it is in these, if anywhere, that one could find the resources needed for a philosophic account of the nature of life as such. Aristotle on the Concept of Shared Life explores this intertwining of power and life in Aristotle's thought, and argues that Aristotle locates the foundation of human political life in the capacity to share one's most vital activities with others. A comprehensive study of the relationality which shared life reveals tells us something essential about Aristotle's approach to human political phenomena; namely, that they arise as forms of intimacy whose political character can only be seen when viewed in the context of Aristotle's larger inquiries into animal life, where they emerge not as categorically distinct from animal sociality, but as intensifications of it. Tracing the human capacity to share life thus illuminates the interrelation between the zoological, ethical, and political lenses through which Aristotle pursues his investigation of the polis. In following this connection, this volume also examines — and critically evaluates — the reception of Aristotle's political thought in some of the most influential concepts of contemporary critical theory.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192575961
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
According to the terms of Aristotle's Politics, to be alive is to instantiate a form of rule. In the growth of plants, the perceptual capacities and movement of animals, and the impulse that motivates thinking, speaking, and deliberating Aristotle sees the working of a powerful generative force come to expression in an array of forms of life, and it is in these, if anywhere, that one could find the resources needed for a philosophic account of the nature of life as such. Aristotle on the Concept of Shared Life explores this intertwining of power and life in Aristotle's thought, and argues that Aristotle locates the foundation of human political life in the capacity to share one's most vital activities with others. A comprehensive study of the relationality which shared life reveals tells us something essential about Aristotle's approach to human political phenomena; namely, that they arise as forms of intimacy whose political character can only be seen when viewed in the context of Aristotle's larger inquiries into animal life, where they emerge not as categorically distinct from animal sociality, but as intensifications of it. Tracing the human capacity to share life thus illuminates the interrelation between the zoological, ethical, and political lenses through which Aristotle pursues his investigation of the polis. In following this connection, this volume also examines — and critically evaluates — the reception of Aristotle's political thought in some of the most influential concepts of contemporary critical theory.
Aristotle on the Nature of Truth
Author: Christopher P. Long
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139492098
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This book reconsiders the traditional correspondence theory of truth, which takes truth to be a matter of correctly representing objects. Drawing Heideggerian phenomenology into dialogue with American pragmatic naturalism, Christopher P. Long undertakes a rigorous reading of Aristotle that articulates the meaning of truth as a co-operative activity between human beings and the natural world that is rooted in our endeavours to do justice to the nature of things. By following a path of Aristotle's thinking that leads from our rudimentary encounters with things in perceiving through human communication to thinking, this book traces an itinerary that uncovers the nature of truth as ecological justice, and it finds the nature of justice in our attempts to articulate the truth of things.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139492098
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
This book reconsiders the traditional correspondence theory of truth, which takes truth to be a matter of correctly representing objects. Drawing Heideggerian phenomenology into dialogue with American pragmatic naturalism, Christopher P. Long undertakes a rigorous reading of Aristotle that articulates the meaning of truth as a co-operative activity between human beings and the natural world that is rooted in our endeavours to do justice to the nature of things. By following a path of Aristotle's thinking that leads from our rudimentary encounters with things in perceiving through human communication to thinking, this book traces an itinerary that uncovers the nature of truth as ecological justice, and it finds the nature of justice in our attempts to articulate the truth of things.