Walking to school

Author: Aristotle
Translator: Miao Litian
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: After the complete works of Aristotle (10 volumes) were published in Chinese in 1997, they won several awards, including the Fourth National Book Award (1999) and the First Prize of the Excellent Achievement of the National Social Science Fund Project (1999). For the convenience of readers and to share his insights into Western philosophy, especially ancient Greek philosophy, Miao Litian, the editor-in-chief of the complete works, compiled and selected an annotated edition of "Selected Works of Aristotle" (including volumes on Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics, published in 1999–2000). Over the years, many readers, especially undergraduates and graduate students, have expressed the need for individual volumes of Aristotle's works. To meet this demand, we have published single volumes of Aristotle's most influential works (Organon, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric·Rhetoric of Alexander·On Poetry). It should be noted that the translations in the single volumes largely coincide with those in the complete works. Changes to certain terms and names were personally corrected by Miao Litian during the reprinting and digitization of the complete works. The annotations in the single volumes are consistent with those in the complete works. The Greek words cited in the footnotes of the complete works are spelled according to the letter table of the National "Hanyu Pinyin" Scheme. The introduction and study of Western philosophy classics is an endless endeavor. Accurate and perfect translations, as well as in-depth and detailed annotations, or even creative interpretations and developments, are ideals that can only be approached but never fully achieved. Continuously approaching this ideal relies not only on the efforts of academia but also on the promotion of the publishing industry. We are committed to working with academia to make continuous contributions to academic progress.