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Aristotle [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / John A. Vella.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Guides for the perplexedPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.Description: x, 166 p. : illISBN:
  • 0826497071 (hbk.)
  • 9780826497079 (hbk.)
  • 082649708X (pbk.)
  • 9780826497086 (pbk.)
  • 9781441143785 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 185 22
LOC classification:
  • B485 .V45 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Science (episteme) -- Division of the sciences according to aims and objects -- Demonstration (apodeixis) -- The axioms of the sciences -- Being or substance (ousia) -- Being before aristotle -- Being in the categories -- The science of being: first philosophy -- Being in metaphysics zeta -- Nature (physis) -- Principles of change -- The four causes or explanations (aitiai) -- Defense of teleology -- Soul (psyche) -- Soul as substance, form and actuality -- What the student of soul investigates -- Perception -- Thought -- Success (eudaimonia) -- The practical science of ethics -- The chief and final good for human beings -- Virtues of character -- Virtues of intellect.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Science (episteme) -- Division of the sciences according to aims and objects -- Demonstration (apodeixis) -- The axioms of the sciences -- Being or substance (ousia) -- Being before aristotle -- Being in the categories -- The science of being: first philosophy -- Being in metaphysics zeta -- Nature (physis) -- Principles of change -- The four causes or explanations (aitiai) -- Defense of teleology -- Soul (psyche) -- Soul as substance, form and actuality -- What the student of soul investigates -- Perception -- Thought -- Success (eudaimonia) -- The practical science of ethics -- The chief and final good for human beings -- Virtues of character -- Virtues of intellect.

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