What is the good life? How can we attain true happiness? How are we to understand the concepts of good, bad, right, wrong, virtue, and vice as they intermingle and pervade the human actions that make up society? In one of the earliest and most comprehensive attempts to offer a systematic treatment of ethics and the principles upon which it rests, the Greek philosopher Aristotle seeks to give substance and meaning to human action and to the manner in which we judge our own behaviour and that of others. Here Aristotle not only offers a discussion of morality that later culminated in a full-blown analysis of political life, but he also sets forth principles and advice that served as the touchstone for many subsequent moral philosophies. 358pp. N.B. Bump to base of spine.
Prometheus Books, 1987, Paperback, Book Condition: Very Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0879753781

Inventory #26594

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 9.00 approx. - € 7.95 approx.)

Reprint of 1959 Edition. N.B. Reading crease to spine. 559pp.
Dover Publications Inc, 0, Paperback, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Reprint. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #27335

Price: £ 15.00 GBP ($ 18.00 approx. - € 15.90 approx.)

This absorbing study of Plato's criticism of poetry offers a new interpretation based upon central features of both the pre-Platonic conception of poetry and previously neglected features of Plato's various discussions of poetry and the poets. Professor Mitscherling's analysis is unique in that he concentrates on the philosophical significance of Plato's distinction between dramatic and non-dramatic sorts of poetry. Mitscherling shows that this distinction proves in fact to be central to the conception of poetry that Plato consistently elaborates throughout his dialogues. Mitscherling also makes a unique contribution by outlining a possible Platonic aesthetics, which draws on current work in phenomenology and hermeneutics in such a way as to promise an entirely new direction for current work in continental aesthetics. The author employs Gadamer's analyses of the ontology of the work of art, in conjunction with a phenomenological analysis of the aesthetic experience, in the construction of a foundation for aesthetics that is consistently Platonic. Mitscherling concludes with the hypothesis that Plato's criticism of poetry did not apply to poetry itself, nor was it directed to art in general or the educational system, or the Sophists. Rather, Plato was specifically against the technic of mimesis, that is, the technique of persuading by appearing to be what one is not, or by merely appearing to speak the truth.479pp.
Humanity Books, 2009, Cloth/Laminated Boards, Book Condition: New, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 9781591024316

Inventory #20740

Price: £ 35.00 GBP ($ 42.00 approx. - € 37.10 approx.)

N.B. Corners creased. Slight fading to spine. 336pp.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973, Paperback, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Reprint. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

ISBN: 0710046081

Inventory #28272

Price: £ 10.00 GBP ($ 12.00 approx. - € 10.60 approx.)

N.B. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Fading and reading crease to spine. Some annotation. 339pp.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968, Paperback, Book Condition: Good, Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. . . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

ISBN:

Inventory #26624

Price: £ 7.50 GBP ($ 9.00 approx. - € 7.95 approx.)