Vella, John A.

Aristotle : a guide for the perplexed / John A. Vella. - London ; New York : Continuum, 2008. - x, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Guides for the perplexed .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Science (episteme) -- Division of the sciences according to aims and objects -- Demonstration (apodeixis) -- The axioms of the sciences -- Being or substance (ousia) -- Being before aristotle -- Being in the ca tegories -- The science of being: first philosophy -- Being in metaphys ics zeta -- Nature (physis) -- Principles of change -- The four causes or explanations (aitiai) -- Defense of teleology -- Soul (psyche) -- So ul as substance, form and actuality -- What the student of soul investi gates -- Perception -- Thought -- Success (eudaimonia) -- The practical science of ethics -- The chief and final good for human beings -- Virt ues of character -- Virtues of intellect.

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