HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics... Despite dating from the 4th century BC, The Art of Rhetoric continues to be regarded by many as the single most important work on the art of persuasion. As democracy began emerging in 5th-century Athens, public speaking and debate became an increasingly important tool to garner influence in the assemblies, councils, and law courts of ancient Greece. In response to this, both politicians and ordinary citizens became desperate to learn greater skills in this area, as well as the philosophy behind it. This treatise was one of the first to provide just that, establishing methods and observations of informal reasoning and style, and has continued to be hugely influential on public speaking and philosophy today. Aristotle, the grandfather of philosophy, student of Plato, and teacher of Alexander the Great, was one of the first people to create a comprehensive system of philosophy, encompassing logic, morality, aesthetics, politics, ethics, and science. Although written over 2,000 years ago, The Art of Rhetoric remains a comprehensive introduction for philosophy students into the subject of rhetoric, as well as a useful manual for anyone today looking to improve their oratory skills of persuasion.
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Aristóteles se erige como uno de los filósofos más influyentes de la historia, cuyas obras moldearon el pensamiento occidental a lo largo de los siglos. Su producción abarcó una asombrosa diversidad de temas, desde la lógica y la metafísica hasta la ética, la política y la estética. Su enfoque empírico y su énfasis en la observación, particularmente en biología, sentaron bases cruciales para la investigación científica. El pensamiento aristotélico, complejo y abierto a interpretaciones continuas, sigue generando debate e interés académico, lo que demuestra su perdurable relevancia.
Aristotle XI. History of Animals. Books VII-X
Edited and Translated by D.M. Balme
The Nicomachean Ethics
- 336 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle examines the nature of happiness, which he defines as a specially good kind of life. He considers the nature of practical reasoning, friendship, and the role and importance of the moral virtues in the best life. This new edition features a revised translation and valuable new introduction and notes.
Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the material. In this book, the author argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms.