Poetics AudioBook

Poetics by Aristotle



‘The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy’In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripide...more

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Book Version: 144 pages

ISBN: 140446362 (ISBN13: 9780140446364)

Poetics

The Nicomachean Ethics AudioBook

The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle



‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy’In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in ‘activity of the soul in accordance with virtue’, for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity a...more

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Book Version: 400 pages

ISBN: 140449493 (ISBN13: 9780140449495)

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