The Basic Works of Aristotle
The Basic Works of Aristotle by Aristotle, edited by Richard McKeon and featuring an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve, is a comprehensive collection published by Random House Publishing Group on September 11, 2001. This reprint edition spans 1,520 pages and is presented in English, offering readers a thorough exploration of Aristotle’s influential writings that have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two millennia.
This edition includes selections from key texts such as the Organon, On the Heavens, and Rhetoric, along with complete works like On the Soul, Physics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Readers will find a rich array of philosophical insights that cover various subjects, including ancient philosophy and classical thought. The volume serves as a valuable reference for those interested in the history of philosophy and the foundational ideas that continue to resonate in contemporary discussions.
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Edited by Richard McKeon, with an introduction by C.D.C. Reeve
Preserved by Arabic mathematicians and canonized by Christian scholars, Aristotle’s works have shaped Western thought, science, and religion for nearly two thousand years. Richard McKeon’s The Basic Works of Aristotle—constituted out of the definitive Oxford translation and in print as a Random House hardcover for sixty years—has long been considered the best available one-volume Aristotle. Appearing in paperback at long last, this edition includes selections from the Organon, On the Heavens, The Short Physical Treatises, Rhetoric, among others, and On the Soul, On Generation and Corruption, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Poetics in their entirety.
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