Aristotle: founder of scientific philosophy

136 Pages·1969·14.6 MB·English

by  Benjamin Farrington

FOUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY
BENJAMIN
FARRINGTON
A PRAEGER PATHFINDER BIOGRAPHY
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ARISTOTLE
Founder
of Scientific
Philosophy
BENJAMIN FARRINGTON
Aristotle, both as scientist and as
philosopher, was a pathfinder in the
history of ideas. His insights, his inter-
pretations, and his methods were
among the great achievements of Hel-
lenic Athens. They remain a key to
all ofWestern thought andcivilization.
In his brief but comprehensive ac-
count of Aristotle's life and thought,
Benjamin Farrington illuminates the
great thinker's vision for the modern
reader. The language is neither tech-
nical nor abstract. Instead, Aristotle's
life is set in its historical context, and
his thought is seen as it evolved
We
through his life. learn of his boy-
hood in Macedon as the son of a court
physician ... his youth in Athens as
a pupil of Plato ... his friendship with
the king of Atarneus, whose foster
daughter he married ... his return to
Macedon as tutor of Alexander the
Great ... his final years as head of the
Lyceum at Athens and as a respected
sage. Professor Farrington makes bril-
liantly clear how this single thinker
influenced the philosophy, science, re-
ligion, and literature of every later
age, including our own.
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Published in the United States of America in 1969
by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers
in Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003
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1965 by Benjamin Farrington
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-162n
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
i Introduction 3
2 Personality and Background 11
3 At the Academy 17
4 Aristotle Leaves Athens 24
5 Aristotle Finds Himself 31
6 Aristotle Turns Biologist 36
7 Psychology 41
8 Alexander's Tutor 46
9 TheFounding of the Lyceum J7
10 Aristotle's Logic 63
1 Physics and Metaphysics 7/
12 Ethics and Politics 87
13 The Aristotelian Revolution 98
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