Bøger af William W. Fortenbaugh

This series in the field of classics grew out of Project Theophrastus, an international undertaking whose goal is to collect, edit, and comment on the fragments of Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, Aristotle's pupil and second head of the Peripatetic School.

This book tells of a wooden catboat, called Ghost, which is 28 feet long and carries a 47 foot mast. The author collaborates with the builders at Beaton's Boat Yard, the crew that raced on Ghost and professional photographers to offer a story that is detailed, lively and inspirational. There are numerous color photos as well as hull and sail plans

The volume contains new editions of two brief scientific essays-On Fish and Afeteoro/o^y-accompanied by translations and commentary.

Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE

This text focusses on the central issue of how Aristotle conceived of emotional response. Among other matters, it considers laughter, emotion in relation to belief and appearance, the effect of emotion on judgement, and the involvement of pain and pleasure in emotional response.

This volume features a unique epitome of Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic on three areas: ethics, household management, and politics. The quality of the epitome, which draws not only on the surviving treatises of Aristotle, but also later Peripatetics, is excellent.

This volume focuses on Eudemus of Rhodes and his life after the death of Aristotle. Eudemus's contributions to logic were significant: he took issue with Aristotle concerning the status of the existential "is" and made contributions to hypothetical syllogistic and modal logic.

Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School