A Companion to Aristotle »

Georgios Anagnostopoulos is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, where he teaches classical philosophy, ethics and metaphysics. His research has focused on Greek ethics and epistemology and ancient views on the arts and sciences, especially medicine. He is the author of Aristotle on the Goals and Exactness of Ethics (1994).

A Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology. Comprising a total of forty essays, it includes sections on his views on metaphysics, psychology, biology, ethics, politics, rhetoric, and art. Written by well-known scholars of the Aristotelian corpus, these essays not only articulate the most widely accepted accounts of Aristotle's views on certain topics and the assumptions and arguments used to support them, but also offer new ways of reading controversial texts and analyzing complex arguments that lead to original ways of interpreting his writings. Thus the volume provides a comprehensive picture of the central tenets of the complex Aristotelian philosophical system and will assist the reader in seeing the structure of the philosopher's arguments and the different ways they can be analyzed or interpreted.

This Companion will be an excellent aid both to undergraduate and graduate students as well as to scholars and general readers of the Aristotelian texts.

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

Abbreviations of Aristotle’s Works.

Part I ARISTOTLE’S LIFE AND WORKS.

1 Aristotle’s Life (GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS).

2 Aristotle’s Works and the Development of His Thought (GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS).

Part II THE TOOLS OF INQUIRY.

3 Deductive Logic (DAVID KEYT).

4 Aristotle’s Theory of Demonstration (ROBIN SMITH).

5 Empiricism and the First Principles of Aristotelian Science (MICHAEL FEREJOHN).

6 Aristotle on Signifi cation and Truth (PAOLO CRIVELLI).

7 Aristotle’s Methods (GEORGIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS).

Part III THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE.

A. Metaphysics.

8 The Science and Axioms of Being (MICHAEL V. WEDIN).

9 Aristotelian Categories (GARETH B. MATTHEWS).

10 Form and Matter (FRANK A. LEWIS).

11 Aristotle on Universals (MICHAEL J. LOUX).

12 Substances (S. MARC COHEN).

13 Causes (R. J. HANKINSON).

14 Heavenly Bodies and First Causes (SARAH BROADIE).

B. Physics.

15 Mixing the Elements (THEODORE SCALTSAS).

16 Aristotle on the Infi nite, Space, and Time (MICHAEL J. WHITE).

17 Change and Its Relation to Actuality and Potentiality (URSULA COOPE).

C. Psychology.

18 The Aristotelian Psuchê (CHRISTOPHER SHIELDS).

19 Sensation and Desire (DEBORAH KAREN WARD MODRAK).

20 Phantasia and Thought (VICTOR CASTON).

D. Biology.

21 Teleology in Living Things (MOHAN MATTHEN).

22 Form, Essence, and Explanation in Aristotle’s Biology (JAMES G. LENNOX).

23 Generation of Animals (DEVIN M. HENRY).

Part IV PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.

A. Ethics.

24 Happiness and the Structure of Ends (GABRIEL RICHARDSON LEAR).

25 Pleasure (GEORGE RUDEBUSCH).

26 Human Excellence in Character and Intellect (GAVIN LAWRENCE).

27 Courage (CHARLES M. YOUNG).

28 Justice (CHARLES M. YOUNG).

29 Friendship (MICHAEL PAKALUK).

30 Voluntary, Involuntary, and Choice (ROBERT HEINAMAN).

31 Aristotle on Action, Practical Reason, and Weakness of the Will (NORMAN O. DAHL).

B. Politics.

32 The Naturalness of the Polis in Aristotle (C. D. C. REEVE).

33 Rulers and Ruled (ROBERT MAYHEW).

34 Aristotle on the Ideal Constitution (FRED D. MILLER, JR.).

35 Excellences of the Citizen and of the Individual (JEAN ROBERTS).

36 Education and the State (RICHARD STALLEY).

Part V PRODUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE.

A. Rhetoric.

37 The Nature and Goals of Rhetoric (CHRISTOF RAPP).

38 Passions and Persuasion (STEPHEN LEIGHTON).

B. Art.

39 Aristotle’s Poetics: The Aim of Tragedy (PAUL WOODRUFF).

40 The Elements of Tragedy (ELIZABETH BELFIORE).

Index.