In this, the fullest, sustained interpretation of "Aristotle's Poetics available in English, Stephen Halliwell demonstrates that the "Poetics, despite its laconic brevity, is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art, and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. Assessing this theory against the background of earlier Greek views on poetry and art, p...(展开全部)

This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle's "Poetics" contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, naturne, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative ...(展开全部)

This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle's "Poetics" contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, naturne, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative ...(展开全部)

Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example, perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, noticing the difference between white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are ...(展开全部)

Nicomachean Ethics VI is considered one of classical philosophy's greatest achievements. Aristotle on Practical Wisdom is the first full-scale commentary on this work to be issued in over a century, and is the most comprehensive and philosophically illuminating to date. A meticulous translation coupled with facing-page analysis enables readers to engage directly with the accoun...(展开全部)

Nicomachean Ethics VI is considered one of classical philosophy's greatest achievements. Aristotle on Practical Wisdom is the first full-scale commentary on this work to be issued in over a century, and is the most comprehensive and philosophically illuminating to date. A meticulous translation coupled with facing-page analysis enables readers to engage directly with the accoun...(展开全部)

Aristotle is a bold little cat who is always getting himself into danger. He lives with a good witch called Bella Donna who thinks he'll make a proper witch's cat one day - if he can live long enough. Like all cats, Aristotle has nine lives - and he needs every single one of them.

克里斯托弗·希尔兹：牛津大学玛格莉特夫人学堂的研究员，著名的亚里士多德研究专家，著有《多样性的秩序：亚里士多德哲学中的同名异义》和《古典哲学：当代导论》。