Plato and Aristotle

This volume is a compilation of two separately published books.

The author does not attempt an exhaustive account of all Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy—an undertaking which would fill more tomes than Plato and Aristotle themselves produced. Rather, he has striven to distill in a broad outline form his own personal reflections upon the texts, their ideas, their authors and their lives. These works represent the fruits of many years of personal reflection by one of the 20th century’s greatest Platonic scholars.

The section on Plato is widely considered to be the author’s magnum opus and was highly recommended as a must read for any student of Plato by renowned 20th-century philosopher Frederick Copleston.