A History of Greek Philosophy: Volume 6, Aristotle: An Encounter

All volumes of Professor Guthrie’s great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie’s work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.

Obiter dicta; 1. Discovering Aristotle; 2. Aristotle’s life and philosophical pilgrimage; 3. The written remains; 4. Eudemus, Protrepticus, De Philosophia; 5. The mind of Aristotle; 6. Abstraction and the revelation of form; 7. Teleology and its defence: the concept of potentiality; 8. The divisions of knowledge; 9. Logic, the tool of philosophy; 10. The road to knowledge; 11. Substanced; 12. Causes; 13. Theory of motion and theology; 14. Psychology; 15. The philosophy of human life.