Fortenbaugh, William W. Aristotle's Practical Side: On his Psychology, Ethics, Politics and Rhetoric.(Book review)

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From: The Review of Metaphysics
Date: 20071201
Author:Ewbank, Michael

FORTENBAUGH, William W. Aristotle's Practical Side: On his Psychology, Ethics, Politics and Rhetoric. Leiden/Boston: E. J. Brill, 2006. xii + 483 pp. Cloth, $209.00--Robert Sharples has remarked that one can only determine whose Aristotle or Aristotelianism one advocates by discerning the problematic relation between Aristotle's views and enquiries and those of later Aristotelians. These investigations by W. Fortenbaugh perform this role superbly regarding Aristotle's central doctrines concerning human action.

The six chapters of Section One explore emotion and soul in the ...

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