![]() Aristotle's key ideas have provoked and stimulated philosophers over many centuries, precisely because they are not cut and dried doctrines, but can be applied and interpreted and developed in various ways, still relevant to problems that confront us.Īckrill shows us how enjoyable and rewarding it is to engage in philosophical arguments with Aristotle. For having to learn a doctrine is a boring task, and specially depressing when you know that it is false but interesting arguments give pleasure and profit whether or not they really establish the alleged conclusions. ![]() To Ackrill, what really characterizes Aristotle as a philosopher is not the number and weight of his conclusions / ‘doctrines’, but the power and subtlety of his arguments and ideas and analyses. Ackrill’s aim in this book is not just to impart information, but to arouse interest in the philosophical problems Aristotle tackles, and in his arguments and ideas. This book is a highly selective and impressionistic view of/guide-book to Aristotle's philosophy. ![]()
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