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- Title: ARISTOTLE
- Author : ALFRED EDWARD TAYLOR
- Release Date : January 17, 2014
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
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ARISTOTLE BY ALFRED EDWARD TAYLOR
This is a reissue, with additions and corrections, of Prof. Taylor's introduction to Aristotle. He has added a short final chapter on Aristotelianism after Aristotle.
Prof. Taylor's book is already so well known that it is unnecessary to reintroduce it to the public. It is enough to say that no better introduction could easily be imagined. Prof. Taylor has displayed great skill in conveying in short space and in the clearest possible language the essence of Aristotle's Weltanschauung. In particular, he has conveyed a very just idea of the extent to which Aristotle remained a Platonist, though reacting strongly against some important features of Plato's teaching.
Not only in the last chapter but throughout the book he has kept in mind the influence of Aristotle on later thought, and has made telling use of his knowledge of the Schoolmen and of Dante. His knowledge of this field is so great that one could have wished that the final chapter had been longer; but it would have been very difficult to make better use of the space at his disposal.
W. D. Ross in Philosophy, Vol. 19, No. 73.
This little work has been recognized as a model of what such a book should be. It has now been reissued in better type, the original 90 pages being extended to 126 without any changes in the text itself, so far as I have observed. The contents richly deserve this more attractive dress. Professor Taylor has shown that it is possible to write a book on philosophy that is clear and interesting and thus suitable for popular reading and at the same time accurate and workmanlike in its treatment of details. And a still greater marvel in these days of expansion is its brevity. Was it from Germany that we acquired the habit of diffuseness in philosophical writing? Even if we cannot comfort ourselves by deriving this tendency from an outside source, we should yet be willing to recognize that it is a grievous fault and that dearly has philosophy paid for it. Of course there can be no arbitrary standards set as to length of treatment in philosophical discussion: the character and content of the work must be allowed to determine that. But Professor Taylor's little book helps one to realize afresh how much can be achieved by having materials well in hand and aiming at compactness and relevancy. J.E. C. in The Philosophical Review, Vol. 29, No. 5
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