ARISTOTLE. TRANSLATED BY JOHN GILLIES,.
Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics, Comprising his Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek. Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; The Critical History of his Life; And a New Analysis of His Speculative Works.
"The man fit to command may be compared with the architect, who adjusts the plan and directs its execution": First edition of John Gillies' important translation of Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics
London: Printed for A. Stahan; and T. Cadell Jun and W. Davies, 1797.
$4,800.00
Out of Stock
Item Number: RRB-123622
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition of Gillies' important translation of Aristotle’s examinations of the good man and the good citizen with “perhaps the finest introduction to the study of conduct ever written” (Hornstein). Quarto, two volumes bound in full blue levant morocco with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Half-titles, errata and final ad leaf to volume II. In near fine condition.
Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical rather than theoretical study, i.e., one aimed at becoming good and doing good rather than knowing for its own sake. He wrote several treatises on ethics, including most notably, the Nicomachean Ethics. "The fourth group of Aristotle's treatises deals with practical philosophy and literature and is best represented by the Nichomachean Ethics, perhaps the finest introduction to the study of conduct ever written; the Politics, one of the most widely read books on government in modern as in ancient times; and the Poetics, now a fragment but still the greatest piece of literature criticism in existence" (Hornstein, Reader’s Companion to World Literature).
Aristotle’s Ethics and Politics, Comprising his Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek. Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; The Critical History of his Life; And a New Analysis of His Speculative Works.
$4,800.00
Out of Stock
