From Logic to Ethics
Aristotle's Complete Philosophy
Chapters
- 00:00:00Introduction
- 00:04:36Aristotle's Early Life and Time at Plato's Academy
- 00:09:21Travels and Tutoring Alexander the Great
- 00:15:47Founding the Lyceum School in Athens
- 00:22:40Logic and the Art of Reasoning
- 00:30:15Understanding Reality: Being and Substance
- 00:38:27Physics: Motion, Change, and the Natural World
- 00:46:10Psychology: The Soul and Human Mind
- 00:53:20Ethics: Virtue and the Good Life
- 01:00:58Politics: Government and the Ideal State
- 01:08:56Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion
- 01:15:19Poetry and Tragedy: Art and Human Experience
- 01:23:14Knowledge and How We Learn
- 01:30:27Islamic Scholars and Medieval Philosophy
- 01:38:22Renaissance Rediscovery and Modern Interpretations
- 01:45:02Contemporary Aristotelian Philosophy
- 01:52:14Conclusion: Aristotle's Lasting Legacy
Sources & Works Cited
- 1.Aristotle. The Nicomachean Ethics (2020)
- 2.Aristotle. The Politics (1992)
- 3.Aristotle. Poetics (1996)
- 4.Aristotle. Metaphysics (2016)
- 5.Hall, Edith. Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life (2019)
- 6.Natali, Carlo. Aristotle: His Life and School (2013)
- 7.Shields, Christopher (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle (2012)
- 8.Barnes, Jonathan (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (1995)
- 9.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Aristotle
- 10.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Aristotle
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