Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean EthicsHailed by Dante as "the master of those who know," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384322 B. C.) surveyed every field of learning known to the ancient world and pioneered the sciences of psychology and logic. A disciple of Plato and the tutor to Alexander the Great, Aristotle was a prolific writer, although many of his works have been lost. His treatises, used by the students of his famous Athenian school, the Lyceum, exerted a profound and lasting

encouraging their active participation rather than a mechanical approach

this comprehensive history was the first documented survey of a system that helped fugitive slaves escape from areas in the antebellum South to regions as far north as Canada

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all history

a supplement and update of the authors' previous Dover book

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Dewey's treatment of central problems in philosophy and philosophy of science is profound

This collection of Gottschalk's major piano music shows the wide range of his talent from the "wild

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or those trying to get back to nature through understanding and using natural materials

and photographs illustrate 40 different kinds of "Mission-style" homes from The Craftsman (1901-16)