Tag: Biography

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  • Aristotle: Fundamentals of the History of His Development

    - Jaeger, Werner W. Aristotle: Fundamentals of the History of His Development. Trans. R. R. Robinson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934.
    Excerpt: “Aristotle was the 1st thinker to set up along with his philosophy a conception of his own position in history, he thereby created a new kind of philosophical consciousness, more responsible and inwardly complex. He was the inventor of the… More
  • A Portrait of Aristotle

    - Grene, Marjorie. A Portrait of Aristotle. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
    Review: “To the painter of a portrait many liberties are conceded. He may be selective and subjective, may choose his distance and angle of vision, and may decide which features are to stand out in bold relief and which are to be reduced in scale or… More