The Great Philosophers:Aristotle

Aristotle

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Kenneth Mcleish ISBN: 9781780221533
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Publication: September 14, 2011
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Language: English
Author: Kenneth Mcleish
ISBN: 9781780221533
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication: September 14, 2011
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Language: English

Aristotle c. 384- c.322 BC

The ideas Aristotle outlined in his Poetics have formed the foundation for the whole history of western critical theory. No work has had more influence upon the literature of centuries - neither has any been so profoundly, so perversely misunderstood.

Mystification, moralization, recruitment into the cause of this or that literary culture... with all the interpretations, Aristotle has too seldom been permitted to speak for himself. If the prescriptive rigidities of the Renaissance went entirely against the grain of his open, accepting empiricism, the psychologising mania of the moderns has been no truer a reflection of his thought.

Kenneth McLeish's introduction cuts through centuries of accreted obscurity to reveal the forthright, astonishingly original book which Aristotle actually wrote. The philosopher who emerges proves more 'modern' than any of his interpreters.

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Aristotle c. 384- c.322 BC

The ideas Aristotle outlined in his Poetics have formed the foundation for the whole history of western critical theory. No work has had more influence upon the literature of centuries - neither has any been so profoundly, so perversely misunderstood.

Mystification, moralization, recruitment into the cause of this or that literary culture... with all the interpretations, Aristotle has too seldom been permitted to speak for himself. If the prescriptive rigidities of the Renaissance went entirely against the grain of his open, accepting empiricism, the psychologising mania of the moderns has been no truer a reflection of his thought.

Kenneth McLeish's introduction cuts through centuries of accreted obscurity to reveal the forthright, astonishingly original book which Aristotle actually wrote. The philosopher who emerges proves more 'modern' than any of his interpreters.

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