Aristotle
Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle's works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon's The Basic Works of ... [... more]
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The Rhetoric and the Poetics of Aristotle (Modern ...
 The Capacity of Persuasion I read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Definition of Rhetoric- capacity of persuasion. Plato is critical of the Rhetoric and the tragic poetry. Rhetoric is approach to political public speeches in the forum. ... [... more]
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Philosophy House
Imagine a house inspired by Plato and Aristotle. Architect Lee Skolnick took a "philosophical" approach when he designed a weekend home for himself and his family. Skolnick envisioned the hearth as the center of ... [... more]
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Atheism And Ethics
The answer is a resounding “Yes!” From Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius to Einstein and Bertrand Russell, pagans as well as nonbelievers have produced moral systems that compare favorably with the best that modern religions have to offer. In fact, ... [... more]
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Despite Drought And Growing Water Needs, The Cost Is Too ...
Since the 1950s, researchers have been developing membranes that could filter out salt, similar to what Aristotle originally envisioned. Presently, this membrane technique, sometimes called "reverse osmosis," requires one-fourth of the energy ... [... more]
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How Society Works: Plato's Contribution
Plato here brings up a crucial consideration. It is not the case, as Aristotle and most western social thinkers until the early 18th century had it, that exchange only concerns the "surplus" of production. If it did concern just an unplanned ... [... more]
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Introduction To Natural Law
As we have indicated, the great failing of natural-law theory -- from Plato and Aristotle to the Thomists and down to Leo Strauss and his followers in the present day -- is to have been profoundly statist rather than individualist. This ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Branding As A Simple Science
We can trace the origins of virtually every marketing concept to a scientific discipline, such as psychology, neuroscience, or anthropology. If we wanted to play Broken Telephone, we could trace the thread as far back as Aristotle, although ... [... more]
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Politics: Books III and IV (Clarendon Aristotle Series)
Examines the way human societies are governed and organized. Aristotle establishes how constitutions can be upheld and established by examining how societies are run. An extremely exciting work in the history of politics. This book easy to read in true ... [... more]
$75.00
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Aristotle: Poetics
Tragedy Teaches Us Something About Life I read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Poetry appeals to human passions and emotions. Powerful beautiful language and metaphor really appeal to emotion. This idea really disturbed Plato, who takes ... [... more]
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Aristotle on Poetics
Aristotle's much-translated On Poetics is the earliest and arguably the best treatment that we possess of tragedy as a literary form. The late Seth Benardete and Michael Davis have translated it anew with a view to rendering Aristotle's text into English ... [... more]
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Aristotle - Ethics and Politics
The monumental importance of Aristotle's philosophy on Western thought cannot be overstated. It has overshadowed the entire field of philosophical and political thought for well over two millennia. Along with Socrates and Plato, Aristotle is considered ... [... more]
$21.95
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