The Basic Works of Aristotle

Great product . Large font , flexible binding and large in hand . Page quality is quite cheap and the cover has some folds. But overall , it's great. Definitely go for it.

I don’t like to leave book reviews until I’ve actually read them and I’m JUST ABOUT finished with this one. Best book I’ve ever read hands down. Have about 35 books read on my bookshelf (over 3 feet) and this one easily blows every other one out of the water. Honestly life changing book. I think about his references all the time; all other books are like ‘watered down wine’ by comparison. I’m on about 1420/1487 and I’m sad it’s coming to an end. Thickest book I’ve ever read. I never thought I would be sad that a 1500 page book is over. Book looks very beat up but I travel with it to work every day for weeks/months back and forth, going to buy the hardcover for my shelf. Truly life changing work, he was educated in Plato’s university and taught Alexander the Great. Truly one of the best works of all time, Not perfect but absolutely not shy of legendary. Not any other book on my shelf competes with the knowledge you gain. I got it for $7 used, absolute steal. The knowledge is priceless. The knowledge is worth hundreds if not thousands easily. I only recommend hard cover and giving him a chance. This will change your life guaranteed. It’s the foundation that the entire rest of the world is built upon. He lays the foundational premise for everything else to exist, again not perfect, but a multi millennial legend. Do not pass this book. It it not an ‘easy read’ like Dr Seuss, once you get to about page 894 everything makes sense I promise!😂 swear it’s worth it to anybody who does not give up. I can’t stress enough how spectacular it is! 2300 years and still crushing!💪🏽

Very affordable. Great translation.

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Okay, so almost nobody buys this book to "read" it. This is an English translation produced by a New York university library of the original Germanic text of Aristotle which is his oldest known "complete works of". This is a reference text for people who study Philosophy, and because I study Philosophy I snagged the opportunity to buy this pre-loved book. The printing is of fine quality, the paper is lovely, and the overall condition of the work is good. This book has made life much easier for me, because I can use it to reference large tracts of Aristotle in my papers, and has proved valuable in researching obscure course material on topics, such as "Metaphysics" - directly from the source (something not even many lecturers actually bother to do) which allows the researcher to better understand both source and derivative material, and accurately emplace historical context on their own products. My personal view on reading this material is that it is very old, densely packed, difficult to understand, and the lay reader will require some considerable grounding in both the known facts of Aristotle's life, as well as the subject matter he works with before attempting to tackle it on their own. This is very literally from the birth of Philosophy as a field of study, and Aristotle, like Plato, considers the field of Philosophy through the practice of pure reasoning from first principles to the be the absolute pinnacle of human intellectual achievement. Mostly dialectic in style, it is a great accompaniment to a "Complete Works of Plato" on any bookshelf. Be fairly warned though, if someone sees this on your bookshelf and questions you about it, attempting to talk about Aristotle's reasoning without having actually read any Aristotle will make anyone, however learned, look and feel like a pretentious fool. However, if you can get into it, there is SO much to love about Aristotle's philosophical work. The power of the man's mind is amazing, his reasoning skill is scalpel-sharp and rarely if ever does he waste words. The work (and wit) are of first-rate quality, throughout the entire text. This book can be opened to any page at random and provide enough to absorb, discuss, and research for great lengths of time.