ARISTOTLE

Volume I. Categories. On Interpretation. Prior Analytics

Series No. 325 / 554 pages / ISBN 0-674-99359-4
Volume II. Posterior Analytics. Topica
Series No. 391 / 766 pages / ISBN 0-674-99430-2
  Volume III. On Sophisticated Refutations. On Coming-to-be and Passing Away. On the Cosmos

Series No. 400 / 442 pages / ISBN 0-674-99441-8
  Volume IV. Physics, Books 1-4

Series No. 228 / 522 pages / ISBN 0-674-99251-2
  Volume V. Physics, Books 5-8
Series No. 255 / 452 pages / ISBN 0-674-99281-4
  Volume VI. On the Heavens
Aristotle's account of the outermost sphere of the universe, the stars, the planets (including the sun and moon), the atmosphere, and the spherical earth at rest in the center of the universe is set forth in On the Heavens. Here also Aristotle theorizes about the motion of celestial bodies and what controls it. Discounting the idea, espoused in earlier cosmologies, that the sun and stars are composed of fire, he proposes another explanation for the light they emit. This work is a natural companion to Meteorologica.

Series No. 338 / 420 pages / ISBN 0-674-99372-1
  Volume VII. Meteorologica
In Meteorologica, an investigation of "things aloft," Aristotle studies the stars, comets, winds, the lower atmostphere; he then proceeds to an account of related phenomena: weather, tides, earthquakes, climatic changes. The last book is concerned with chemical change and the properties of matter. Ten diagrams illustrate the text and a map summarizes Aristotle's views on the habitable zones of the earth.

Series No. 397 / 468 pages / ISBN 0-674-99436-1
  Volume VIII. On the Soul. Parva Naturalia. On Breath
Series No. 288 / 546 pages / ISBN 0-674-99318-7
 

Volume IX. History of Animals, Books 1-3

In History of Animals Aristotle analyzes "differences"--in parts, activities, modes of life, and character--across the animal kingdom, in preparation for establishing their causes, which are the concern of his other zoological works. Over 500 species of animals are considered: shellfish, insects, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals--including human beings.

In Books I-IV Aristotle gives a comparative survey of internal and external body parts, including tissues and fluids, and of sense faculties and voice.

Series No. 437 / 344 pages / ISBN 0-674-99481-7
  Volume X. History of Animals, Books 4-6

Books V-VI study reproductive methods, breeding habits, and embryogenesis as well as some secondary sex differences.

Series No. 438 / 422 pages / ISBN 0-674-99482-5
  Volume XI. History of Animals, Books 7-10

In Books VII-IX, Aristotle examines differences among animals in feeding; in habitat, hibernation, migration; in enmities and sociability; in disposition (including differences related to gender) and intelligence. Here too he describes the human reproductive system, conception, pregnancy, and obstetrics. Book X establishes the female's contribution to generation.

Series No. 439 / 616 pages / ISBN 0-674-99483-3
  Volume XII. Parts of Animals. Movement of Animals and Progression of Animals
Series No. 323 / 566 pages / ISBN 0-674-99357-8
  Volume XIII. Generation of Animals

Series No. 366 / 690 pages / ISBN 0-674-99403-5
  Volume XIV. Minor Works, On Colours. On Things Heard. Physiognomics. On Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lies. The Situations and Names of Winds. On Melissus. Xenophanes. Georgias.

Series No. 307 / 528 pages / ISBN 0-674-99338-1
  Volume XV. Problems, Books 1-21
Series No. 316 / 476 pages / ISBN 0-674-99349-7
  Volume XVI. Problems, Books 22-38. Rhetorica ad Alexandrum

Series No. 317 / 462 pages / ISBN 0-674-99350-0
  Volume XVII. Metaphysics, Books 1-9
Series No. 271 / 514 pages / ISBN 0-674-99299-7
  Volume XVIII. Metaphysics, Books 10-14. Oeconomica. Magna Moralia

Series No. 287 / 510 pages / ISBN 0-674-99317-9
  Volume XIX. Nichomachean Ethics
Series No. 73 / 684 pages / ISBN 0-674-99081-1
  Volume XX. Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices

Series No. 285 / 518 pages / ISBN 0-674-99315-2
  Volume XXI. Politics
Series No. 264 / 712 pages / ISBN 0-674-99291-1
  Volume XXII. The Art of Rhetoric

Series No. 193 / 544 pages / ISBN 0-674-99212-1
 

Volume XXIII. Poetics. On the Sublime. On Style
This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle's Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, nature, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists (especially Plato), its distinctive argument, and the reasons behind its enduring relevance.

The essay On the Sublime, usually attributed to "Longinus" (identity uncertain), was probably composed in the first century A.D.; its subject is the appreciation of greatness ("the sublime") in writing, with analysis of illustrative passages ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato. In this edition, Donald Russell has revised and newly annotated the text and translation by W. Hamilton Fyfe, and supplied a new introduction.

The treatise On Style, ascribed to an (again unidentifiable) Demetrius, was perhaps composed during the second century B.C. It is notable particularly for its theory and analysis of four distinct styles (grand, elegant, plain, and forceful). Doreen Innes' fresh rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by W. Rhys Roberts. Her new introduction and notes represent the latest scholarship.

Series No. 199 / 540 pages / ISBN 0-674-99563-5