Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who
lived over 2000 years ago. So why is he still so highly regarded in the 21st
Century? This is an easy to read book set out in the graphic novel style to
help you to understand why. The cartoons and pictures break up the text and
make it easier to follow.
Aristotle was one of the earliest people
to think about scientific ideas. However he thought that logical thinking was
more important than testing with experiments so he often got it wildly wrong!
It is his ideas on Ethics – how to live a good life – that interest me most
now. What he espouses is called “virtue ethics” – that goodness comes from
developing a good character rather than from following a set of rules. He
suggests that we follow a middle way – neither too much nor too little. I have
always been a believer in rules for ethics but as I have got older, I have seen
a lot more sense in Aristotle’s way. Not everyone agrees. Read the book and see
what you think.
