Introducing Aristotle: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides) Paperback – 2 September 2010

Not very useful. I would not recommend it to any one.

Good

Covers many aspects of aristotle in a way that is light and easy while indicating the profound and complex nature of his thought.

Philosophy has always fascinated me and over the years I have taken numerous philosophy courses and read countless books on this subject. My favorite ancient philosopher is Aristotle. I have read several graphic guide books lately and I purchased this volume (Introducing Aristotle: a graphic guide by Rupert Woodfin and Judy Groves) at a bargain price on Amazon.This 176 page paperback is surprisingly detailed on Aristotle’s life and his various approaches to philosophical issues. This excellent book covers the early education of Aristotle, his joining Plato’s school and how his ideas were different than Plato. He is probably most famous for being Alexander the great’s teacher. His brilliant mind explored a wide range of topics and is often credited with discoveries in literature, poetry, metaphysics, logic, mathematics and science. He turned out to not always be right when it came to many scientific issues; nevertheless, his contribution to knowledge is recognized in spite of the fact most of his writings have been lost to time. Where Plato's views bordered on the mystical and the elitist politically, Aristotle's philosophy emphasized reason, logic and individualism. If you are seeking a concise but also detailed basic overview of the great philosopher Aristotle you might want to get a copy of this illustrated guide.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Never trust a politician: A critical review of politics and politicians).

Contextualizing Aristotle in Scholasticism then in light of the scientific method is a big help to me ...You're making me hungry to know more

Nice little introduction book for people without philosophical background. Generally, this book clearly introduce Aristotle's life and main ideas, however, it does not make a clearly explanation on some basic ideas. Overall, good book for starting.

I have a number of these books. They're very good to read when I can't pay attention to an actual book.Unfortunately the publisher is not applying much quality control as you can see from the books binding in the photo. Also you will see that the illustrations are not very good, almost embarrassing when I notice others peering over my shoulder :-) Fortunately the illustrator for this book is not the illustrator for other books in this series. I gave it three stars because the information sans illustration is actually interesting.