Evil in Aristotle (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107161979)

Aristotle's notion of evil is highly elaborate and attractive, yet has been largely overlooked by philosophers. While most recent studies of evil focus on modern understandings of the concept, this volume shows that Aristotle's theory is an invaluable resource for our contemporary understanding of it. Twelve leading scholars reconstruct the account of evil latent in Aristotle's metaphysics, biology, psychology, ethics, and politics, and detect Aristotelian patterns of thought that operate at certain landmark moments in the history of philosophy from ancient thought to modern day debates. The book pays particular attention to Aristotle's understanding of 'radical evil', an important and much disputed topic. Original and systematic, this study is the first to provide a full exploration of evil in Aristotle's work, shedding light on its content, potential, and influence. The volume will appeal to scholars of ancient Greek philosophy as well as to moral philosophers and to historians of philosophy.

Author: Pavlos Kontos
ISBN-10: 1107161975
ISBN-13: 9781107161979
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2018
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.35w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2018