Revisiting Aristotle's Fragments: New Essays on the Fragments of Aristotle's Lost Works

by António Pedro Mesquita (Editor), Simon Noriega-Olmos (Editor), Christopher John Ignatius Shields (Editor)

The philosophical and philological study of Aristotle fragments and lost works has fallen somewhat into the background since the 1960's. This is regrettable considering the different and innovative directions the study of Aristotle has taken in the last decades. This collection of new peer-reviewed essays applies the latest developments and trends of analysis, criticism, and methodology to the study of Aristotle's fragments. The individual essays use the fragments as tools of interpretation, shed new light on different areas of Aristotle philosophy, and lay bridges between Aristotle's lost and extant works. The first part shows how Aristotle frames parts of his own understanding of Philosophy in his published, 'popular' work. The second part deals with issues of philosophical interpretation in Aristotle's extant works which can be illuminated by fragments of his lost works. The philosophical issues treated in this section range from Theology to Natural Science, Psychology, Politics, and Poetics. As a whole, the book articulates a new approach to Aristotle's lost works, by providing a reassessment and new methodological explorations of the fragments.

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 7, 2020

About the author

Professor Associado com Agregação do Departamento de Filosofia do Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade do Minho e investigador do Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa.

Para além da filosofia antiga, em que tem incidido a maior parte da actividade científica e pedagógica, as suas áreas de interesse são a ontologia, a filosofia da linguagem, o pensamento político português contemporâneo e a didáctica da filosofia.

É actualmente coordenador, no Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, do projecto de Tradução Anotada das Obras de Aristóteles, pelo qual será publicada, até 2017, a totalidade dos escritos incluídos na colecção atribuída a este filósofo.

Na última década, exerceu ainda, durante oito anos (2001-2009), o cargo de Presidente da Direcção do Sport Algés e Dafundo.