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Author:   David Roochnik
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   115th ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781438445199

ISBN 10:   1438445199
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments A Note to the Reader Prologue Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters 1. The Stars Are Eternal. I.1: There are Only Three Dimensions. I.2: Threeness Determines Wholeness. I.3: There Are Four Elements. I.4: Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place. I.5: The Circle Is Perfect. I.6: The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is External. I.7: History Is More or Less Bunk. I.8: Religion Bears Witness to the Truth. 2. Nature is Purpose. II.1: Teleology Is Good Science. II.2: Intelligent Design Isn't All Stupid. II.3: Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not. II.4: Form Is Nature More than Matter. II.5: Form Is More Divine than Matter. II.6: Nature is Hierarchical. II.7: To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples. II.8: The Finite Is Better than the Infinite. II.9: Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are. 3. Being Is Good. III.1: Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology. III.2: There Are Substances Out There. III.3: We Know a Substance When We See One. III.4: God Is Alive and Good. III.5: To Stand Firmly. 4. Truth Is Easy. IV.1: If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul. IV.2: The World Is Nourishing. IV.3: Perceiving Is Like Eating. IV.4: We Are Wrong More Often than Not. IV.5: Thinking IS Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating). IV.6: We Can Say What We Think. IV.7: We ""Truth"" the World. 5. The Theoretical Life Is Divine. V.1: Life Is Meaningful. V.2: Happiness Is Objective. V.3: Good Life Comes from Good Habits. V.4: Freedom Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be. V.5: Moral Evaluation Requires Stories. V.6: Smart Moral People Are Better than Dumb Moral People. V.7: Lack-of-Leisure Is for the Sake of Leisure. V.8: Thearia Is Not ""Contemplation."" 6. Enough Is Enough. VI.1: The Best City Needs the Best Life. VI.2: The Practical Life Is Not the Best. VI.3: Natural Slavery Is Justified. VI.4: A Woman's Place Is in the Home. VI.5: Small, but Not Too Small, Is Beautiful. VI.6: War Is for the Sake of Peace. VI.7: Philosophy Cures. Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Roochnik s thorough development of the protophenomenological character of Aristotle s work is by far the most detailed I know of, and this enables him to mount a defense of Aristotle s relevance today that is as strong as I have read. Moreover, the polemical, passionate, and personal style is a welcome change from the dryness of too much Aristotle scholarship. Drew A. Hyland, author of Plato and the Question of Beauty

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David Roochnik is Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. His books include Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy and Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato's Republic.

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