The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy
This little Blue Book No. 39, by Will Durant, deals with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.), a Macedonian pupil of Plato, who became the teacher of Prince Alexander. While his pupil went off to conquer the world, Aristotle returned to Athens and founded his school, the Lyceum. There he amassed the first great collection of plants and animals and laid the foundations of biology, logic, literary theory, ethics, and political science. Departing from abstract Platonic universals, Aristotle described such natural processes as the developing embryo of the chick. He saw the universe as matter in motion with God as its first impulsive force. Aristotle was skeptical of Utopias. Social evils do not "arise out of the possession of private property," he wrote, but "from quite another source--the wickedness of human nature." At the theater he said we enjoy tragedies which elicit pity and terror, but in everyday life Aristotle counseled balance, reason, dignity and the golden mean in all things. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Ancient
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | A Word to the Reader | Pamela Nagami |
00:01:46 |
| Play 01 | Ch. 1: The Historical Background | Pamela Nagami |
00:12:50 |
| Play 02 | Ch. 2: The Work of Aristotle | Pamela Nagami |
00:12:16 |
| Play 03 | Ch. 3: The Foundation of Logic | Pamela Nagami |
00:13:22 |
| Play 04 | Ch. 4: The Organization of Science | Pamela Nagami |
00:19:47 |
| Play 05 | Ch. 5: Metaphysics and the Nature of God | Pamela Nagami |
00:07:37 |
| Play 06 | Ch. 6: Psychology and the Nature of Art | Pamela Nagami |
00:06:34 |
| Play 07 | Ch. 7: Ethics and the Nature of Happiness | Pamela Nagami |
00:13:17 |
| Play 08 | Ch. 8: Politics, Pt. 1 | Pamela Nagami |
00:08:56 |
| Play 09 | Ch. 8: Politics, Pt. 2 | Pamela Nagami |
00:15:24 |
| Play 10 | Ch. 9: Criticism | Pamela Nagami |
00:10:30 |
| Play 11 | Ch. 10: Later Life and Death | Pamela Nagami |
00:04:28 |