万学の祖とも呼ばれる古代ギリシアの哲学者、アリストテレス（紀元前384-322年）。本書では当時の歴史的背景を考慮しつつ、アリストテレスが行なった科学的な研究、論理学や形而上学における発見、心理学、倫理学、政治学の研究、芸術や詩学についての考えを一般向けにわかりやすく紹介するとともに、古代の哲学者として、また科学者としてのアリストテレスの重要性や、後世への影響について検証します。(cf. The Art of Rhetoric (Oxford World's Classics); On the Soul: and Other Psychological Works (Oxford World's Classics); The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) ほか)
   

• The best introduction to Aristotle aimed at non-specialists
• Jonathan Barnes is one of the best known scholars working in ancient philosophy
• Takes account of Aristotle's later influence as well as his importance as a classical philosopher and scientist
• Covers Aristotle's work in biology, logic, epistemology, psychology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics

 
The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context.