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Selections seeks to provide an accurate and readable translation that will allow the reader to follow Aristotle's use of crucial technical terms and to grasp the details of his argument. Unlike anthologies that combine translations by many hands, this volume includes a fully integrated set of translations by a two-person team. The glossary--the most detailed in any edition--explains Aristotle's vocabulary and indicates the correspondences between Greek and English words. Brief notes supply alternative translations and elucidate difficult passages.
Paperback: 627 pages
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; 1st edition (September 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0915145677
ISBN-13: 978-0915145676
Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Three reasons I love this book:1. The translations take a middle road between a word for word translation of Aristotle's Greek and a more fluent but less accurate rendering in English prose. Where the translators have supplemented the Greek to make the English more readable, the additions are placed in brackets . Though sometimes I found the bracketed text unnecessary, it rarely interfered with my reading.2. The explanatory notes provided are in many cases enlightening and in some cases they were indispensable to my easily grasping what Aristotle is saying, or might be saying--as the notes are often careful to distinguish.3. This book extracts sections from Aristotle's works judged by scholars to be the most important and influential parts of his various works. In addition, helpful subject headings are discreetly inserted throughout nearly every page of the book between the different sections of a selection.This is a great resource for the student of Aristotle or for anyone wanting to dig into his writing.
Great selections. Manageable sized text. Clear and informative footnotes.
really good selections and translations! I will not bother with the Physics, but the Ethics, Politics selections are fascinating reading.
Really not a good translation at all. I am a philosophy student and I found the language of this book impossible to understand. I thought I was just not getting it but then tried another translation and suddenly everything became easier. It is almost as if the person who wrote this book decided to translate word for word and completely neglect the readability for an english speaker. Do yourself a favor and find a different translation
Excellent. This is a very good purchase for those interested in a good translation of Aristotle (certainly not complete, though).
All the necessary writings are here for understanding and even study with enough referencing to delve further into the philosophical master.
bought it for my philosophy class several years ago and still have it, it probably was one reason i became a philosophy major!
was a gift
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