A collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy by George Grote. It examines Aristotle's works and ideas, including his ethics and politics. A thoughtful study for listeners interested in classical thought.
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ARISTOTLE. BY GEORGE GROTE, F.R.S., D.C.L. OXFORD, AND LL.D. CAMBRIDGE; LATE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; AND FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE. EDITED BY ALEXANDER BAIN, LL.D., PROFESSOR OF LOGIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, AND G. CROOM ROBERTSON, M.A., PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND LOGIC IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1880. The right of Translation is reserved. PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LONDON: STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. NOTICE TO THE SECOND EDITION. This Edition is an exact reprint of the First Edition, with the addition of two important Essays on the Ethics and Politics of Aristotle, which were found among the author’s posthumous papers. They were originally published in 1876, in ‘Fragments on Ethical Subjects, by the late George Grote,’ but would have been included in the First Edition of this Work, had they been discovered in time. These Essays are the fruit of long and laborious study, and, so far as they extend, embody the writer’s matured