Aristotle: From Antiquity to the Modern Era

Examines the ways in which the Aristotelian corpus has been transmitted over time, focusing on one crucial, extended moment: the moment when, thanks to the invention of printing, Aristotle's works became widely available.

List of contents

Preface by Martin J. Gross; Works of Aristotle; Aristotle: An Introduction by Benjamin Morison; Tradition and the Legacy of Aristotle by Barbara Scalvini; Catalogue: Aldus Aristotle; Logic/Metaphysics; The Natural World; Ethics and Politics; Further Reading; Publications sponsored by the Foundation

About the author

Martin J. Gross is the President of the Martin J. Gross Family Foundation whose purpose is the publication of scholarly works for the benefit of the general public. He has an MA in Philosophy and Politics from Oxford University, and a JD from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Benjamin Morison is professor of Philosophy, Princeton University. He is the author of On Location: Aristotle's Concept of Place (2002), and contributed two chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Galen (2008).

Dr. Barbara Scalvini is an Early Books specialist at Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, and was formerly senior specialist, Department of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's.

Summary

Illustrates the ways in which the Aristotelian corpus has been transmitted over time, focusing on the moment when, thanks to the invention of printing, Aristotle's works became widely available.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Scalvini
• Publisher: D Giles Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781911282754
• ISBN: 978-1-911282-75-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 288 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 870 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Philosophie, Antiquitäten und Sammelobjekte: Bücher, Manuskripte, Ephemera und Drucksachen, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, HISTORY / Civilization, History - General History, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Books