Etika Nikomachova je Aristotelovo dílo pojednávající o etice. Sestává z deseti knih, které byly původně samostatnými svitky, a předpokládá se, že jsou založeny na poznámkách z Aristotelových přednášek v Lyceu, které buď upravil jeho syn Nikomachus, případně je svému synovi Aristoteles věnoval. Tématem díla je …
Poetika je spis řeckého filosofa Aristotela, ve kterém se zabývá klasifikací dramatu a poesií. Účelem komedie je vyvolat smích, zatímco účelem tragédie jsou city a poučení.
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 …
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtuoso …
Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is "being qua being," or being insofar as it is being. It examines what can be asserted about anything that exists just because of its existence and not because of any …
If you truly want to understand rhetoric at its core basis, this is where you have to get started. Aristotle's Rhetoric is one of the clearest writings in history on the subject of rhetoric and dialectic, presented by a master of the art and one of the greatest philosophers of all time.During the times of Plato and …
The Constitution of the Athenians is the name given to two texts from Classical antiquity: one probably by Aristotle or a student of his, the second attributed to Xenophon, but not thought to be his work. The Aristotelian text is contained in two leaves of a papyrus codex discovered at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in 1879. The …