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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1954
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 888 ARISummary: In this program, the far-reaching philosophical ideas of Plato's star pupil are examined by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and noted Brown University professor Martha Nussbaum. Aristotle overcomes Plato's dualism of the intelligible and sensible worlds with his principle of the inseparable nature of eternal matter and form. The principles of potentiality and actuality are...
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ARISTOTLE
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1947
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil AristotleAristotle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Augustine's Press 2005
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Summary: Contains two works by ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, including "Poetics," a critique of the literature of his time with reference to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; and "Rhetoric," a discussion of the role of language in achieving precision and clarity of thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Library 1981
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 808.5 ARISummary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREKoterski, Joseph W.
Summary: A review of the views of Aristotle about morality through the study of his Nicomachean ethics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 171.3 KOTKleinman, Paul
Summary: Presents an introduction to philosophy, covering the origins of the discipline, some of the major figures of the past, and philosophical issues which still continue to be debated in the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013
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Summary: "Aristotle and Dante continue their journey to manhood in this achingly romantic, tender tale set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s America. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must learn what it means to stay in love-and to build their relationship in a world that doesn't seem to want them to exist. In their senior year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAEFarrington, Benjamin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARILeroi, Armand Marie.
Summary: Both a travelogue and a study of the origins of science. And it shows how a philosopher who lived almost two millennia ago still has so much to teach us today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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Summary: A bold reimaging of one of history's most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LYOContents: Includes: Biological Treatises-Nicomachean Ethics-Politics-The Athenian Constitution-Rhetoric-On Poetics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1990
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Summary: A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Randome House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 HERSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAEHall, Edith
Summary: "In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out the crux of Aristotle's thinking, mixing affecting autobiographical anecdotes with a deep wealth of classical learning. For Hall, whose own life has been greatly improved by her understanding of Aristotle, this is an intensely personal subject. She distills his ancient wisdom into ten practical and universal lessons to help us confront...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Philosophy HallSummary: Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing―the Nicomachean Ethics―in a lively new abridged translation Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully abridged version of the entire work in a highly readable and colloquial new translation by Susan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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Summary: Uses jokes, cartoons, and philosophy to expose what politicians really mean, analyzing quotations from everyone from Condoleezza Rice to Al Sharpton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401.41 CATPaul, Gill
Summary: Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband while recovering from the birth of a stillborn child. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PAUClark, Roy Peter
Summary: A collection of over a hundred writing tips gleaned from fifty popular writing books. Chapters are devoted to each key strategy. Author expands and contextualizes original authors' suggestions and shares how each tip helped other authors improve their skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 CLAGoodwin, Daisy
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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Summary: The author recounts a year she spent focusing on being happy by using common wisdom, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture on how to be happier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019