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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 Aristotle–constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random House hardcover for sixty years–has long been considered the best available one-volume Aristotle. Appearing in paperback at long last, this edition includes selections from the Organon, On the Heavens, The Short Physical Treatises, Rhetoric, among others, and On the Soul, On Generation and Corruption, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Poetics in their entirety.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: The Basic Works of Aristotle (Paperback)
Not everyone who is interested in reading Aristotle will want to buy the two volumes of the Oxford translation of Aristotle's complete works. If you're someone who is studying Aristotle for a college course or simply want to become acquainted with what he wrote, then I recommend this book. As other reviewers have said it has complete versions of all of the most famous works of Aristotle e.g. Nichomachean Ethics,Politics,Metaphysics and Physics and also the complete Categories and De Interpretatione from the Organon. As for the translations, these are taken from the original Oxford translation published in 12 volumes in the 1920's. They may not be quite as up to date as the translations in the present Oxford translation but they're perfectly acceptable and correct. As it says on the back cover of the book, this is the best one volume edition of Aristotle's works that you can buy.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The Best One Volume Anthology,
By Jeff Ambrose (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Basic Works of Aristotle (Hardcover)
For several months now, I have been searching for a good one-volume anthology of the works of Aristotle. This is the book. It has the complete texts of several of Aristotle's key works (not just two -- the above book description is misleading), namely, "Categories," "On Interpretation," "The Posterior Analytics," "On the Soul," "Metaphysics," "Nicomachean Ethics," "Politics" and "Poetics." It also has the complete texts of a few minor works along with selections from other minor works. And considering the costs of books nowadays, I found that "The Basic Works of Aristotle" is a great price for the number of complete texts that are in it. On a less practical side, the translations are very good. The introduction seems to be solid (I only skimmed it) and McKeon offers advise for reading Aristotle. There is also an outdated (a lot has been written since 1941) bibliography of secondary sources.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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"Simply the Best Out There",
By Johannes Platonicus (South Bend, Indiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Basic Works of Aristotle (Hardcover)
Richard Mckeon's "Basic Works of Aristotle" proves to be the best single volume extract from the writtings of Aristotle. All the necessary prerequisites were applied in creating this wonderful book. The quality price ratio far surmounts that of any other volume. It's comprehensive and concise, lengthy yet time saving. Definitely a steal; please purchase Mckeon's work, it's the best volume out there!
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