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Summary: Where's Volume 2?
Review: (This is not a review, it's just instruction for those who, like me, had trouble finding Volume 2 or the two-volume set). If you're at the "Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1" page, you can click on "Other Editions: Hardcover" to get to Volume 2. But how do you get to the two-volume set? The easiest way is to do a normal search for books by Aristotle. You will find an entry for "Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1". Neither the second volume nor the two-volume set will appear in the results! Instead, click on "Other Editions: See all (3)". Then you'll get a page listing each volume individually, plus the two-volume set. (I had to give a rating just to post this, so I just gave it a 4 for now.)
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Summary: Great for Classicists and Novices Alike
Review: Barnes' translation is painstakingly accurate as well as highly readable, making these the best (as well as, quite obviously, the most comprehensive) Aristotle volumes on the market, for those familiar with the Aristotelean corpus in its original Greek, as well as for anyone who wants a good introduction to the seminal thinker.
As seems to be a common complaint--alas, the index leaves very much to be desired, and the editorial introduction is not great: Durant's famous essay (available in the "Story of Philosophy") eclipses it easily. Nonetheless, these two volumes should replace all the Aristotle on your shelf: they are a pleasure to own and read.
"Ho anexetastos bios ou biotos anthropoi--the unexamined life is not worth living." Said by Plato, proved by Aristotle.
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Summary: a bad revised book.
Review: compared to this revised edition, i would rather refer to the original work of W. D. Ross, whose translation is excellent and marvelous. i recommend this one but don't know where to get it now.
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Summary: All of Aristotle - and more
Review: First things first: there are two volumes here, make sure you buy them both.The table of contents for both volumes is shown below: VOLUME 1 CONTAINS:
Preface (Jonathan Barnes), Acknowledgments (Jonathan Barnes), Note to the Reader (Jonathan Barnes), Categories, De Interpretatione, Prior Analytics, Posterior Analytics, Topics, Sophistical Refutations, Physics, On the Heavens, On Generation and Corruption, Meteorology, On the Universe**, On the Soul, Sense and Sensibilia, On Memory, On Sleep, On Dreams, On Divination in Sleep, On Length and Shortness of Life, On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration, On Breath**, History of Animals, Parts of Animals, Movement of Animals, Progression of Animals, Generation of Animals, On Colours**, On Things Heard**, Physiognomonics** VOLUME 2 CONTAINS:
Acknowledgments (Jonathan Barnes), Note to the Reader (Jonathan Barnes), On Plants**, On Marvellous Things Heard**, Mechanics**, Problems*, On Indivisible Lines**, The Situations and the Names of Winds**, On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias**, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Magna Moralia*, Eudemian Ethics, On Virtues and Vices**, Politics, Economics*, Rhetoric, Rhetoric to Alexander**, Poetics, Constitution of Athens, Fragments, Index of Names, General Index * - Denotes an item the authenticity of which is under debate. ** - Denotes an item regarded today as spurious, although in the past scholars may have thought it written by Aristotle, and hence it is included here. With this collection, not only do you get all the works by Aristotle that are by Aristotle, you also get the works by Aristotle that are not by Aristotle. What more can you ask? As a scan of the table of contents should reveal, you really need both volume 1 and 2. They are intended to be together - the chapters are not organized so as to make either readily dispensable. To underline the point, only Volume 2 has an index, and it's for both volumes. The notes are dead minimal, and the translation from the Greek can often result in some odd sounding passages, the meaning of which the reader has to guess. An example is the very first sentence of the very first chapter, "Categories": "When things have only a name in common and the definition of being which corresponds to the name is different, they are called homonymous. Thus, for example, both a man and a picture are animals." I infer that in Greek, the example is clear, although in English it is nonsensical - there was no translator's note, so my inference is all I have. Grumbling about notes aside, it is great that this collection exists. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in philosophy. Once again, don't forget to get both volumes.
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Summary: All of Aristotle - and more
Review: First things first: there are two volumes here, make sure you buy them both. The table of contents for both volumes is shown below: VOLUME 1 CONTAINS: Preface (Jonathan Barnes) Acknowledgments (Jonathan Barnes) Note to the Reader (Jonathan Barnes) Categories De Interpretatione Prior Analytics Posterior Analytics Topics Sophistical Refutations Physics On the Heavens On Generation and Corruption Meteorology On the Universe** On the Soul Sense and Sensibilia On Memory On Sleep On Dreams On Divination in Sleep On Length and Shortness of Life On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration On Breath** History of Animals Parts of Animals Movement of Animals Progression of Animals Generation of Animals On Colours** On Things Heard** Physiognomonics** VOLUME 2 CONTAINS: Acknowledgments (Jonathan Barnes) Note to the Reader (Jonathan Barnes) On Plants** On Marvellous Things Heard** Mechanics** Problems* On Indivisible Lines** The Situations and the Names of Winds** On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias** Metaphysics Nicomachean Ethics Magna Moralia* Eudemian Ethics On Virtues and Vices** Politics Economics* Rhetoric Rhetoric to Alexander** Poetics Constitution of Athens Fragments Index of Names General Index * - Denotes an item the authenticity of which is under debate. ** - Denotes an item regarded today as spurious, although in the past scholars may have thought it written by Aristotle, and hence it is included here. With this collection, not only do you get all the works by Aristotle that are by Aristotle, you also get the works by Aristotle that are not by Aristotle. What more can you ask? As a scan of the table of contents should reveal, you really need both volume 1 and 2. They are intended to be together - the chapters are not organized so as to make either readily dispensable. To underline the point, only Volume 2 has an index, and it's for both volumes. The notes are dead minimal, and the translation from the Greek can often result in some odd sounding passages, the meaning of which the reader has to guess. An example is the very first sentence of the very first chapter, "Categories": "When things have only a name in common and the definition of being which corresponds to the name is different, they are called homonymous. Thus, for example, both a man and a picture are animals." I infer that in Greek, the example is clear, although in English it is nonsensical - there was no translator's note, so my inference is all I have. Grumbling about notes aside, it is great that this collection exists. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in philosophy. Once again, don't forget to get both volumes.
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Summary: Worth the price. After 2500 years finally a collected works!
Review: I recently purchased Volume One and Two of the complete Aristotle from Amazon. I had many bits and pieces of Aristotle's Corpus but I wasn't sure what's missing. These two volumes give us everything and it is indexed - a scholar's dream. A must have for any philsopher and anyone wanting the foundation stones of western culture. Aristotle never fails to enlighten and surprise. My only complain is the absence of a Greek lexicon for certain key terms and passages. If you have the money, buy these volumes.
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Summary: An invaluable collection from the Greatest Scholar known
Review: It is both an intellectual treasure and a (working) pleasure to have the collected works of Aristotle assembled in a package such as this. Although a social scientist, rather than a classics scholar, I have over the past few years rather intensively been examining early Greek social thought with the objective of tracing (and comparing) theoretical developments involving theory and action over the millennia to the present. While I have come to greatly appreciate the rich and diverse contributions of other early Greek scholars (especially Plato) to the entire corpus of Western thought, it is Aristotle whose works have most singularly encouraged, focused, and enabled the study of human knowing and acting. There is, as well, no substitute (i.e., as with commentators) for examining Aristotle's highly remarkable works in more direct and comprehensive terms. Quite directly, if you are interested in the study of the human condition, you would likely find it most instructive to have ready access to a reasonably complete set of Aristotle's works in your library. This (2 volume) set is clearly one of the most valuable purchases I have made as an academic. As you might gather, I am very grateful to Princeton U. Press for making this package available. It has been a most valuable resource!
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Summary: Overall great, but poor index
Review: It is great to finally have a collected works of Aristotle. The quality of the 2 volumes is superb and the translations, as far as I can tell, seem quite good.
However, the INDEX leaves a lot to be desired. First, there is only an index in volume 2 covering both volumes. This is a nuisance if you only have volume 1. Secondly, the index is, for all practical purposes, not subdivided. That is, let's say you want to look up "virtue," all you get is tons of reference (page) numbers but no additional information, so in order to find precisely what you're looking for, you basically have to look up all the references and decide for yourself. And that keeps the index from being very useful.
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Summary: The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2
Review: The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2 edited bu Jonathan Barnes is a continuation of the revised Oxford translation. Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. As with the first volume, this translation makes the surviving works of Aristotle easily read for the English-speaking readers. This volume combined with the first makes a comprehesive work. Both volumes are nicely bound and the type is easy to read. Also, the volumes have numerals printed in the outer margins to key the translations to Immanuel Bekker's standard edition of the Greek text of Aristotle of 1831. The index of both editions could use a bit more work as they are cumbersome to work with, but not impossible. I've found that using "The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle" of great help. This is also edithed by Jonathan Barnes. The contents of volume 2 are as follows: On Plants, On Marvellous Things Heard, Mechanics, Problems On Indivisible Lines, The Situation and Names of Winds, On Melissus,Xenophanes,and Gorgias, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Magna Moralia, Eudemian Ethics, On Virtues and Vices, Politics, Economics, Rhetoric, Rhetoric to Alexander, Poetics, Constition of Athens, Fragments. As with the first voume, this work contains works that the authenticity has been seriously doubted and works that are spurious and have never been seroiusly contested. The translations are easily read and flow. You can definately understand what Aristotle is trying to say. Both of these volumes make an excellent addition to your home library.
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Summary: The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2
Review: The Complete Works of Aristotle Volume 2 edited bu Jonathan Barnes is a continuation of the revised Oxford translation. Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. As with the first volume, this translation makes the surviving works of Aristotle easily read for the English-speaking readers. This volume combined with the first makes a comprehesive work. Both volumes are nicely bound and the type is easy to read. Also, the volumes have numerals printed in the outer margins to key the translations to Immanuel Bekker's standard edition of the Greek text of Aristotle of 1831. The index of both editions could use a bit more work as they are cumbersome to work with, but not impossible. I've found that using "The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle" of great help. This is also edithed by Jonathan Barnes. The contents of volume 2 are as follows: On Plants, On Marvellous Things Heard, Mechanics, Problems On Indivisible Lines, The Situation and Names of Winds, On Melissus,Xenophanes,and Gorgias, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Magna Moralia, Eudemian Ethics, On Virtues and Vices, Politics, Economics, Rhetoric, Rhetoric to Alexander, Poetics, Constition of Athens, Fragments. As with the first voume, this work contains works that the authenticity has been seriously doubted and works that are spurious and have never been seroiusly contested. The translations are easily read and flow. You can definately understand what Aristotle is trying to say. Both of these volumes make an excellent addition to your home library.
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