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collection of Aristotle's works that have surviv ed from antiquity through Medieval manuscript transmission. These texts, as oppo sed to Aristotle's lost works, are technical philosophical treatises from within Aristotle's school. Reference to them is made according to the organization of Immanuel Bekker's nineteenth-century edition, which in turn is based on ancient classifications of these works. Contents * 1 Overview of the extant works * 2 Bekker numbers * 3 Aristotle's works by Bekker numbers o 3.1 Logic o 3.2 Physics o 3.3 Metaphysics o 3.4 Ethics and politics o 3.5 Rhetoric and poetics * 4 Aristotelian works lacking Bekker numbers o 4.1 The Constitution of the Athenians o 4.2 Fragments * 5 Notes [edit] Overview of the extant works The extant works of Aristotle are broken down according to the five categories i n the Corpus Aristotelicum. Not all of these works are considered genuine, but d iffer with respect to their connection to Aristotle, his associates and his view s. Some are regarded by most scholars as products of Aristotle's "school" and co mpiled under his direction or supervision. (The Constitution of Athens, the only major modern addition to the Corpus Aristotelicum, has also been so regarded.) Other works, such as On Colors may have been products of Aristotle's successors at the Lyceum, e.g., Theophrastus and Straton. Still others acquired Aristotle's name through similarities in doctrine or content, such as the De Plantis, possi bly by Nicolaus of Damascus. A final category, omitted here, includes medieval p almistries, astrological and magical texts whose connection to Aristotle is pure ly fanciful and self-promotional. In several of the treatises, there are references to other works in the corpus. Based on such references, some scholars have suggested a possible chronological order for a number of Aristotle's writings. W.D. Ross, for instance, suggested t he following broad chronology (which of course leaves out much): Categories, Top ics, Sophistici Elenchi, Analytics, Metaphysics ?, the physical works, the Ethic s, and the rest of the Metaphysics.[1] Many modern scholars, however, based simp ly on lack of evidence, are sceptical of such attempts to determine the chronolo gical order of Aristotle's writings.[2] [edit] Bekker numbers Page 184 of the first volume of end of Sophistical Refutations Page 184 of the first volume of end of Sophistical Refutations Bekker's edition, and the beginning Bekker's edition, and the beginning published in 1831, showing the of Physics published in 1831, showing the of Physics in the Corpus Aristoteli Academy of Sciences edit name from the editor of Bekker (1785-1871).

Bekker numbers, the standard form of reference to works cum, are based on the page numbers used in the Prussian ion of the complete works of Aristotle. They take their that edition, the classical philologist August Immanuel

Bekker numbers take the format of up to four digits, a letter for column 'a' or 'b', then the line number. For example, the beginning of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is 1094a1, which corresponds to page 1094 of Bekker's edition of the Gre ek text of Aristotle's works, first column, line 1. All modern editions or translations of Aristotle intended for scholarly readers use Bekker numbers, in addition to or instead of page numbers. Contemporary scho lars writing on Aristotle use the Bekker number so that the author's citations c an be checked by readers without having to use the same edition or translation t hat the author used. While Bekker numbers are the dominant method used to refer to the works of Arist otle, Catholic or Thomist scholars often use the medieval method of reference by book, chapter, and sentence, albeit generally in addition to Bekker numbers. Stephanus pagination is the comparable system for referring to the works of Plat o. [edit] Aristotle's works by Bekker numbers The following list is complete. The titles are given in accordance with the stan dard set by the Revised Oxford Translation (The Complete Works of Aristotle, edi ted by Jonathan Barnes, 2 vols., Princeton University Press, 1984). Latin titles , still often used by scholars, are also given. Disputed works are marked by *, and ** marks a work generally agreed to be spurious. [edit] Logic * * * * * * (1a) Categories (or Categoriae) (16a) De Interpretatione ("On Interpretation") (24a) Prior Analytics (or Analytica Priora) (71a) Posterior Analytics (or Analytica Posteriora) (100a) Topics (or Topica) (164a) Sophistical Refutations (or De Sophisticis Elenchis)

[edit] Physics (184a) Physics (or Physica) (268a) On the Heavens (or De Caelo) (314a) On Generation and Corruption (or De Generatione et Corruptione) (338a) Meteorology (or Meteorologica) (391a) On the Universe** (or De Mundo) (402a) On the Soul (or De Anima) The Parva Naturalia ("Little Physical Treatises"): o (436a) Sense and Sensibilia (or De Sensu et Sensibilibus) o (449b) On Memory (or De Memoria et Reminiscentia) o (453b) On Sleep (or De Somno et Vigilia) o (458a) On Dreams (or De Insomniis) o (462b) On Divination in Sleep (or De Divinatione per Somnum) o (464b) On Length and Shortness of Life (or De Longitudine et Brevita te Vitae) o (467b) On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration (or De Juv entute et Senectute, De Vita et Morte, De Respiratione) * (481a) On Breath** (or De Spiritu) * (486a) History of Animals (or Historia Animalium) * (639a) Parts of Animals (or De Partibus Animalium) * (698a) Movement of Animals (or De Motu Animalium) * (704a) Progression of Animals (or De Incessu Animalium) * (715a) Generation of Animals (or De Generatione Animalium) * * * * * * *

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(791a) (800a) (805a) (815a) (830a) (847a) (859a) (968a) (973a) (974a)

On Colors** (or De Coloribus) On Things Heard** (or De audibilibus) Physiognomics** (or Physiognomonica) On Plants** (or De Plantis) On Marvellous Things Heard** (or De mirabilibus auscultationibus) Mechanics** (or Mechanica) Problems* (or Problemata) On Indivisible Lines** (or De Lineis Insecabilibus) The Situations and Names of Winds** (or Ventorum Situs) On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias**

[edit] Metaphysics * (980a) Metaphysics (or Metaphysica) [edit] Ethics and politics * * * * * * (1094a) (1181a) (1214a) (1249a) (1252a) (1343a) Nicomachean Ethics (or Ethica Nicomachea) Magna Moralia* ("Great Ethics") Eudemian Ethics (or Ethica Eudemia) On Virtues and Vices** (or De Virtutibus et Vitiis Libellus) Politics (or Politica) Economics* (or Oeconomica)

[edit] Rhetoric and poetics * (1354a) Rhetoric (or Ars Rhetorica) * (1420a) Rhetoric to Alexander** (or Rhetorica ad Alexandrum) * (1447a) Poetics (or Ars Poetica) [edit] Aristotelian works lacking Bekker numbers [edit] The Constitution of the Athenians The Constitution of Athens (or Athenaion Politeia), because it was first edited in 1891 from papyrus rolls acquired in 1890 by the British Museum, was not inclu ded in Bekker's edition. The standard reference to it is by section (and subsect ion) numbers. [edit] Fragments Surviving fragments of the many lost works of Aristotle were included in the thi rd volume of Bekker's edition, edited by Valentin Rose. These are not cited by B ekker numbers, however, but according to fragment numbers. The numeration of the fragments in a revised edition by Rose, published in the Teubner series, Aristo telis qui ferebantur librorum fragmenta, Leipzig, 1886, is still commonly used ( indicated by R3), although there is a more current edition with a different nume ration by Olof Gigon (published in 1987 as a new vol. 3 in Walter de Gruyter's r eprint of the Bekker edition), and a new de Gruyter edition by Eckart Schtrumpf i s in preparation.[3] For a selection of the fragments in English translation, se e Jonathan Barnes (ed.), The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Tra nslation, vol. 2, Princeton 1984, pp. 2384-2465. The works surviving only in fragments include the dialogues On Philosophy (or On the Good), Eudemus (or On the Soul), Protrepticus, On Justice, and On Good Birt h. [edit] Notes 1. ^ W. D. Ross, Aristotle's Metaphysics (1953), vol. 1, p. lxxxii. By the "p

hysical works", Ross means the Physics, On the Heavens, On Generation and Corrup tion, and the Meteorology; see Ross, Aristotle's Physics (1936), p. 3. 2. ^ E.g., Jonathan Barnes, "Life and Work" in The Cambridge Companion to Ari stotle (1995), pp. 18-22. 3. ^ "CU-Boulder Expert Wins $75,000 Award For Research On Aristotle," Univer sity of Colorado Office of News Services, December 14, 2005. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Aristotelicum" Categories: Works of Aristotle | Classical studies Views * * * * Article Discussion Edit this page History

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