Sketches out the history of Greek, of medieval, and of English reflections on the aims and laws of human conduct.
Contains the "Poetics" and the first twelve chapters of the "Rhetoric, Book III".
An historical overview and evaluation of modern psychology's theoretical foundations, this title ranges from Descartes to dynamics in its discussion of such topics as introspectionism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the varieties of cognitive science.
This is a collection of five essays debating the nature and scope of ancient scepticism, providing an introduction to the thought of the original sceptics. The book seeks to shed new light on how their thought relates to sceptical arguments in modern philosophy.
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A translation of Aristotle's "Poetics". It features notes of both the "Tractatus Coislinianus", which is argued to be a summary of the lost second book of the "Poetics", and fragments of Aristotle's "Dialogue On Poets", including the texts about catharsis.