{"product_id":"aristotle-christopher-shields-9780415622486","title":"Aristotle","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this extensively revised new edition of his excellent guidebook, Christopher Shields introduces the whole of Aristotle's philosophy, showing how his powerful conception of human nature shaped much of his thinking on the nature of the soul and the mind, ethics, politics, and the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a brief biography, Shields carefully explains the fundamental elements of Aristotle's thought: his explanatory framework, his philosophical methodology, and his four-causal explanatory scheme. Subsequently he discusses Aristotle's metaphysics, the theory of categories, logical theory, and his conception of the human being as a composite of soul and body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last part concentrates on Aristotle's value theory as applied to ethics and politics, and assesses his approach to happiness, virtue, and the best life for human beings, before turning to a consideration of Aristotle's theory of rhetoric and the arts, with a special focus on his perennially controversial treatment of tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes an expanded discussion of Aristotle's method, and new sections on key issues in perception, thought, \u003ci\u003eakrasia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003emimesis\u003c\/i\u003e. It concludes with an expanded assessment of Aristotle's legacy, sketching currently emerging Neo-Aristotelian movements in metaphysics and virtue ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Shields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415622484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415622486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014","brand":"Christopher Shields","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46250578772223,"sku":"9780415622486","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89066210-cae2-43ea-83d9-2cfcabb636c1.jpg?v=1729600767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristotle-christopher-shields-9780415622486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}