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FOUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY BENJAMIN FARRINGTON A PRAEGER PATHFINDER BIOGRAPHY ». ARISTOTLE Founder of Scientific Philosophy BENJAMIN FARRINGTON Aristotle, both as scientist and as philosopher, was a pathfinder in the history of ideas. His insights, his inter- pretations, and his methods were among the great achievements of Hel- lenic Athens. They remain a key to all ofWestern thought andcivilization. In his brief but comprehensive ac- count of Aristotle's life and thought, Benjamin Farrington illuminates the great thinker's vision for the modern reader. The language is neither tech- nical nor abstract. Instead, Aristotle's life is set in its historical context, and his thought is seen as it evolved We through his life. learn of his boy- hood in Macedon as the son of a court physician ... his youth in Athens as a pupil of Plato ... his friendship with the king of Atarneus, whose foster daughter he married ... his return to Macedon as tutor of Alexander the Great ... his final years as head of the Lyceum at Athens and as a respected sage. Professor Farrington makes bril- liantly clear how this single thinker influenced the philosophy, science, re- ligion, and literature of every later age, including our own. i 05190 921 5190 ? A717f Farrington, Benjamin Aris- Aristototle; founder of totle scientific philosophy. m w Mp Archb Mitty High School is Library 5000 Mitty Avenue San Jose. California f"\l£L RULESj^ 1. Books may*be-kepMtofo-weeks and may be re- newed once for the same period, except 7-day books and magazines. 2. t ARCHBISHOP MITTY LIBRARY ledoneach book w' above rule, No boc ing such a fine un 3. / 3885 lewear,and all loss.. :tion of the Librarian. 4. Each borrower is held responsible for all books drawn on hiscardandforallfinesaccruingonthesame. 3M 11-20-87 7V' Aristotle PRAEGER PATHFINDER BIOGRAPHIES CHARLES DARWIN Pioneer in the Theory ofEvolution H. E. L. Mellersh MOHAMMED Prophet of the Religion of Islam E. Royston Pike Aristotle a FOUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY BENJAMIN FARRINGTON FREDERICK A. PRAEGER, Publishers g NewYork Washington *. • ARCHBISHOP MITTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY 5000 MITTY AVENUE SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95129 BOOKS THAT MATTER Published in the United States of America in 1969 by Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers in Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003 © 1965 by Benjamin Farrington All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-162n Printed in the United States of America 1 ArtstoT/t <s^ Contents i Introduction 3 2 Personality and Background 11 3 At the Academy 17 4 Aristotle Leaves Athens 24 5 Aristotle Finds Himself 31 6 Aristotle Turns Biologist 36 7 Psychology 41 8 Alexander's Tutor 46 9 TheFounding of the Lyceum J7 10 Aristotle's Logic 63 1 Physics and Metaphysics 7/ 12 Ethics and Politics 87 13 The Aristotelian Revolution 98 IMPORTANT DATES // / SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING /1$ INDEX //J
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