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1	Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys more books like this by Peter Evans add to wishlist The investigative journalist and author of Ari draws on interviews with Aristotle Onassis and his closest associates and family members to profile the feud between Onassis and the Kennedy family, documenting such areas as Robert Kennedy's role in barring Onassis from U.S. trade and the shipping magnate's early relationship with Jacqueline. Reprint. see all copies from $2.03! new only from $9.58! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Aristotle for Everybody more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since. Here, the 20th century's Mortimer J. Adler instructs the world in Aristotelian logic. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us a unique path to personal insights and understanding of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
3	On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse more books like this by Aristotle, George A Kennedy (Editor) add to wishlist Based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, the second edition of this highly acclaimed translation offers the most faithful English version ever published of "On Rhetoric". Updated in light of recent scholarship, the new edition features a revised introduction - with two new sections - and revised ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $27.79! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Aristotle's Poetics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Stephen Halliwell makes Aristotle's "Poetics" newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists,--especially Plato--and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Greek Fire: The Story of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis more books like this by Nicholas Gage add to wishlist In this scandalous account, the author, who claims to have met Aristotle Onassis twice, asserts that he knows previously unpublished secrets about the millionaire's affair with opera star Maria Callas. He chronicles their relationship, beginning in 1959 when they were introduced by gossip columnist Elsa Maxwell, and recreates life aboard Onassis's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization more books like this by Michael Tierno add to wishlist In carefully organized chapters, Tierno breaks down the fundamentals of screenwriting, highlighting particular aspects of Aristotle's work. Then, using examples from some of the best movies ever made, he demonstrates how to apply these ancient insights to modern-day screenwriting. see all copies from $8.39! new only from $8.39! \| SVS
7	Picture This more books like this by Joseph L Heller add to wishlist In this satirical noir history of the world and of the role of art in history--starring Aristotle and Rembrandt--Heller concludes, not surprisingly, that modern life is absurd and everything has been going to the dogs since the days of the ancient Greeks. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy more books like this by Mortimer Jerome Adler add to wishlist Aims to communicate the "uncommon common sense" of Aristotelian logic, presenting his arguments in a contemporary style. The book thus encourages people to address such issues as the difference between wants and needs and the right way of living with new urgency, seriousness and insight. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Aristotle: The Desire to Understand more books like this by Jonathan Lear add to wishlist This is a philosophical introduction to Aristotle, and Professor Lear starts where Aristotle himself starts. The first sentence of the Metaphysics states that all human beings by their nature desire to know. But what is it for us to be animated by this desire in this world? What is it for a creature to have a nature; what is our human nature; ... see all copies from $7.40! new only from $8.55! \| SVS
10	Before & After Socrates more books like this by Francis MacDonald Cornford add to wishlist ...a brilliant commentary on the Greek mind and its attitude to life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle more books like this by Jonathan Barnes (Editor) add to wishlist Aristotle is one of the very greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty, but at the same time they offer a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work. Approaches and methods vary and the volume ... see all copies from $8.61! new only from $18.35! \| SVS
12 view cover	Metaphysics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist Metaphysics is the study of existence at the highest level of generality. It is traditionally characterised as the study of "being qua being" - of being in general rather than specifically of this or that sort. Accordingly, the salient task of the field is to achieve a clearer understanding of the concepts and principles of being, existence, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist This text, translated by Rhys Roberts and Ingram Bywater, contains an introduction by Edward P.J. Corbett. see all copies from $2.90! new only from $4.99!
14 view cover	Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages more books like this by Richard Rubenstein add to wishlist Traces the rediscovery and translation of the works of Aristotle at the height of the Dark Ages, chronicling the rapid spread of the intellectual's philosophies and the ensuing backlash on the part of the Catholic Church. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Nichomachean Ethics more books like this by Aristotle add to wishlist This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights into the human condition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.32!
16 view cover	Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Jonathan Barnes add to wishlist The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his ... see all copies from $5.24! new only from $7.27! \| SVS
17 view cover	Introduction to Aristotle more books like this by Richard Peter McKeon (Editor), Aristotle add to wishlist The distinguished editor of this volume, Richard McKeon, has provided introductions to individual works as well as a general introduction to Aristotle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.96! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Essays on Aristotle's Ethics more books like this by Amelia O Rorty add to wishlist Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuous commentary on the Ethics. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them. see all copies from $5.73! new only from $35.94! \| SVS
19 view cover	Aristotle: The Growth and Structure of His Thought, more books like this by Geoffrey E R Lloyd add to wishlist Dr Lloyd writes for those who want to discover and explore Aristotle's work for themselves. He acts as mediator between Aristotle and the modern reader. The book is divided into two parts. The first tells the story of Aristotle's intellectual development as far as it can be reconstructured; the second presents the fundamentals of his thought in ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $22.90!
20 view cover	Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction more books like this by Michael Pakaluk add to wishlist This is an engaging and accessible introduction to the 'Nicomachean Ethics', Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy. Michael Pakaluk offers a thorough and lucid examination of the entire work, uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views while paying careful attention to his arguments. The chapter on friendship captures Aristotle ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $13.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Onassis Women: An Eyewitness Account more books like this by Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos, Phyllis Karas add to wishlist Kiki Feroud Moutsatos was, for many years, Aristotle Onassis's private secretary and was friendly with the women in his life, including Maria Callas, Jacqueline Onassis, and his daughter, Christina. This tell-all reveals intimate details of their lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Ari: The Life & Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis more books like this by Peter Evans add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Rational Man: A Modern Interpretation of Aristotelian Ethics more books like this by Henry B Veatch add to wishlist This modern interpretation of Aristotelian ethics is ideally suited for undergraduate philosophy courses. It is also an engaging work for the expert and the beginner alike, offering a middle ground between existential and analytic ethics. Veatch argues for the existence of ethical knowledge, and he reasons that this knowledge is grounded in human ... see all copies from $2.69! new only from $8.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	On Human Nature more books like this by Thomas Aquinas, Saint add to wishlist This volume begins with excerpts from Aquinas' commentary on De Anima, excerpts that proceed from a general consideration of soul as common to all living things to a consideration of the animal soul and, finally, to what is peculiar to the human soul. These are followed by Treatise on Man, Aquinas' most famous discussion of human nature, but one ... see all copies from $8.68! new only from $11.91!
25	Aristotle's Criticism of Presocratic Philosophy more books like this by Harold Cherniss add to wishlist see all copies from $414.00!

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