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Publication details [#9146]

Reeve, C. D. C., Richard McKeon and Richard Peter McKeon. 1941. The Basic Works of Aristotle. New York: Random House. 1487 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
ISBN
0375757996(pbk)

Abstract

Not everyone who is interested in reading Aristotle will want to buy the two volumes of the Oxford translation of Aristotle's complete works. If you're someone who is studying Aristotle for a college course or simply want to become acquainted with what he wrote, then I recommend this book. As other reviewers have said it has complete versions of all of the most famous works of Aristotle e.g. 'Nichomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics' and 'Physics' and also the complete 'Categories' and 'De Interpretatione' from the 'Organon'. As for the translations, these are taken from the original Oxford translation published in 12 volumes in the 1920's. They may not be quite as up to date as the translations in the present Oxford translation but they're perfectly acceptable and correct. As it says on the back cover of the book, this is the best one volume edition of Aristotle's works. (Anonymous reader, Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)