Aristotle Complete Works, Volume Four

Author: Miao Litian
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Publishing Date: 1996-09-01
Features: The Chinese edition of the Complete Works of Aristotle consists of ten volumes, including all 48 works of Aristotle discovered so far, along with some fragments. It is the first complete works of a Western classical philosopher to enter China in over a century since Western philosophy began to be introduced to the country. Internationally, it is one of the few modern translations of the Complete Works of Aristotle available in languages other than German, English, French, and Japanese. Based on the standard edition of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, it is directly translated from Greek to Chinese and follows international conventions for page numbering. The complete works include a preface that comprehensively explains the fundamental spirit of Aristotle's philosophy, the version of the text used for translation, the dissemination and current state of Aristotle's works, and the guiding principles for translating Aristotle's writings. The complete works have had a wide impact. In 1998, it won the First Prize of the Second Outstanding Research Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences from the Ministry of Education, and in 1999, it received the First Prize of the National Social Science Fund Project and the Fourth National Book Award.
After a long and arduous journey, ancient Greek philosophy, with natural philosophy and spiritual philosophy already fully developed, finally reached a comprehensive and systematic synthesis in Aristotle. This Complete Works of Aristotle, introduced to China over a century ago, is a monumental work spanning over 3 million words, brimming with the spirit of wisdom and the pursuit of truth. Its content ranges from astronomy to geography, from the external world to the inner life of human beings. This is Volume 9 of the complete works. Now, let us together enter the rational edifice meticulously constructed by this great philosopher!