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The complete works of aristotle, revised oxford translation is a revised version of the original. The physics is a must read for any student who considers the contemplation of time a worthwhile activity. The collected dialouges of plato are a must-hav... Read More
Sophitical refutation is the most beneficial book. The book is very sturdy and compact for its contents. One always gets what is advertised.
These two volumes give us everything and it is indexed. Well made and shipped professionally all at a very reasonable price. It certainly saves money to buy two books and be done with it instead of dozens.
In 1976 a revision of the text was commissioned to incorporate recent scholarship and with the requirements of modern readers. The original translation could objectively be considered very well annotated with the highest scholarly commentary. The new ... Read More
Cons
De anima is nowhere to be found in either volumes. This contains a handful of aristotle's works, but does not include more than half of his bibliography. I'm amazed they'd even claim that. I prefer an original, complete translation by a translator who... Read More
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Quality
The book is very sturdy and compact for its contents, and its contents are phenomenal.
The book is in great shape and the translations are well done.
All of those original notes have been dropped from this revised translation in order to save space and produce a two-volume offering.
Whatever the case, the revised version, considered from the point of view of scholarly commentary, is absolutely a downgrade.
Price
It certainly saves money to buy two books and be done with it instead of dozens.
Shipping
Negative: for reasons unknown, some books are not shipped to ireland.
Packaging/appearance
This seller also provided a volume in pristine condition that looks just as it would from the printer.
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complete, original, two, first and revised. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 551 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 22 2024.
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The writing is clear but a little small understandably
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I only wish there was commentary to help us understand more
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Maybe a three volume set would’ve been better but this is still good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It certainly saves money to buy two books and be done with it instead of dozens
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For ethics politics and metaphysics you need to buy volume 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Dont listen to the negative views
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since this just volume 1 of course its not going have everything
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You need to buy both volumes for that
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