Politics

Aristotle: The Politics. trans. Carnes Lord, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984

First lines: “Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always act in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the… More

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Robert Bartlett and Susan Collins trans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011

First lines of the Ethics: “Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. But a certain difference is found among ends; some are… More

Poetics

Aristotle. On Poetics. Translated by S. Benardete and M. Davis. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine Press, 2002.

First lines: “I propose to treat of Poetry in itself and of its various kinds, noting the essential quality of each, to inquire into the structure of the plot as requisite to a good poem; into the number and nature of the parts of which a poem is composed; and similarly into… More

The Metaphysics of Aristotle

The Metaphysics of Aristotle, trans Joe Sachs Green Lion Press: 1999

From the publisher: “Joe Sachs has followed up his brilliant translation of Aristotle’s Physics with a new translation of Metaphysics. Sachs’s translations bring distinguished new light onto Aristotle’s works, which are foundational to history of science. Sachs… More

De Anima

De Anima: On the Soul and On Memory and Recollection trans. Joe Sachs Green Lion Press, 2001

from Joe Sachs’s introduction to On the Soul: “The inner life of the animal presents itself to us in its outer activity, and teaches us that we too dwell innately in our bodies. When the bird flies away, and doesn’t bump into the branches and other obstacles it glides… More

The Physics

Aristotle’s Physics: A Guided Study by Joe Sachs Rutgers Press, New Brunswick: 1995

From the publisher: Aristotle’s Physics is the only complete and coherent  book we have from the ancient world in which a thinker of the first rank seeks to say something about nature as a whole. For centuries, Aristotle’s inquiry into the causes and conditions of motion and rest… More