In this stunning act of synthesis, Abraham Edel captures the
entire range of Aristotle's thought in a manner that will prove
attractive and convincing to a contemporary audience. Many
philosophers approach Aristotle with their own, rather than his,
questions. Some cast him as a partisan of a contemporary school.
Even the neutral approach of classical scholarship often takes for
granted questions that reflect our modern ways of dissecting the
world.
"Aristotle and His Philosophy "shows him at work in asking and
answering questions. Abraham Edel fashions a sound comparative way
of using current analysis to deepen our understanding of Aristotle
rather than argue with or simply appropriate him. Edel examines how
Aristotle's basic ideas operated in his scientific and humanistic
works, what they enabled him to do, what they kept him from doing,
and what in turn we can learn from his philosophical
experimentation.
The purpose of this volume is twofold: to provide a
comprehensive introduction to Aristotle's thought, and to throw
fresh light on its patterned and systematic character. First,
tracing the pattern in Aristotle's metaphysical and physical
writings, he then explores the psychology, epistemology, ethics and
politics, rhetoric and poetics. In the process, Edel discusses the
way interpretations of Aristotle are built up and how different
philosophical outlooks--Catholic, Hegelian, Marxian, linguistic,
naturalistic, and pragmatic--have affected the reading of
Aristotelian texts and ideas.
The new introduction probes the general problem of interpreting
a philosophy, and suggests how working through the different
interpretations can contribute to a fuller understanding. This
methodological self-consciousness makes "Aristotle and His
Philosophy "markedly different from other studies of Aristotle.
Martha C. Nussbaum of Brown University has described Edel as having
"philosophical sensitivity and good sense throughout. His
scholarship is comprehensive, but handled with grace and
clarity."
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