Aristotle：The Growth and Structure of his Thought

DrLloydwritesforthosewhowanttodiscoverandexploreAristotle'sworkforthemselves.HeactsasmediatorbetweenAristotleandthemodernreader.Thebookisdividedintotwoparts.ThefirsttellsthestoryofAristotle'sintellectualdevelopmentasfarasitcanbereconstructured;thesecondpresentsthefundamentalsofhisthoughtinthemainfieldsofinquirywhichinterestedhim:logicandmetaphysics,physics,psychology,ethics,politics,andliterarycriticism.ThefinalchapterconsiderstheunityandcoherenceofAristotle'sphilosophy,andrecordsbrieflyhislaterinfluenceonEuropeanthought.Thisisaconciseandlucidaccountoftheworkofadifficultandprofoundthinker.DrLloyd'sbusinessisonlywiththeessentials;buthedoesnotshirkthedifficultieswhichariseintheirinterpretation,nordoesheinvestAristotlewithaspuriousmodernity.