Aristotle
Subtitle: his life and school
By: Carlo Natali ; edited by D.S. Hutchinson
Contributors: Hutchinson, D. S., 1955-
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780691096537
Subjects: Peripatetics; Ancient Philosophers; Biography
Work titles: Bios theoretikos
Description: The author tells the story of Aristotle's eventful life and sheds new light on his role in the foundation of the Lyceum.

"This definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this concise chronological narrative is the most authoritative account of Aristotle's life and his Lyceum available in any language. Gathering, distilling, and analyzing all the evidence and previous scholarship, Carlo Natali, one of the world's leading Aristotle scholars, provides a masterful synthesis that is accessible to students yet filled with evidence and original interpretations that specialists will find informative and provocative. Cutting through the controversy and confusion that have surrounded Aristotle's biography, Natali tells the story of Aristotle's eventful life and sheds new light on his role in the foundation of the Lyceum. Natali offers the most detailed and persuasive argument yet for the view that the school, an important institution of higher learning and scientific research, was designed to foster a new intellectual way of life among Aristotle's followers, helping them fulfill an aristocratic ideal of the best way to use the leisure they enjoyed. Drawing a wealth of connections between Aristotle's life and thinking, Natali demonstrates how the two are mutually illuminating."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The biography of Aristotle: facts, hypotheses, conjectures : Many facts, not all of equal interest --; title: Stragira --; title: A family of notables --; title: A provincial pupil --; title: A sudden interruption --; title: At the courts of princes and kings --; title: Atarneus --; title: Macedonia --; title: The adventure of Callisthenes --; title: Athens revisited --; title: Trial and flight --; title: From traditional customs, a new model --; title: Institutional aspects of the School of Aristotle : The three conditions of the theoretical life in Aristotle --; title: The organization of Theōria: the nature and organization of the philosophical schools --; title: The organization of Theōria: philosophical schools and permanent institutions --; title: Subsequent events --; title: Internal organization of the School of Aristotle : The collections of books --; title: Methods of gathering and interpreting information --; title: Teaching supports and instruments of research --; title: Teaching while strolling --; title: Studies of Aristotle's biography from Zeller to the present day : Sources of Aristotle's biography --; title: Texts of Aristotle --; title: Official documents --; title: Ancient biographies of Aristotle --; title: The testimonia of ancient authors --; title: Images of Aristotle from the nineteen century to the present --; title: Postscript (2012).