The Aristotle Collection

Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics, Poetics, Rhetoric, On Sense and the Sensible, On Memory and Reminiscence, On Sleep and Sleeplessness, On Dreams, On Prophesying by Dreams, On Longevity and Shortness of Life, On Youth and Old Age, & On Life and Death

By: Aristotle

Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast

Length: 34 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics and government.

"The Nicomachean Ethics" addresses the question of how the individual should best live.

"Metaphysics" examines what can be asserted about any being insofar as it is and not because of any special qualities that it may possess.

"Poetics" is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise on literary theory.

In "Rhetoric", the philosopher identifies rhetoric as one of the three key elements of philosophy, along with logic and dialectic.

"On Sense and the Sensible" is one of the short treatises that make up the Parva Naturalia. "On Memory and Reminiscence" deals with sensory perception.

"On Dreams" examines questions like whether dreams pertain to the faculty of thought or to that of sense-perception, whilst "On Prophesying by Dreams" is a discussion on precognitive dreams.

"On Youth and Old Age" is a comparison of the temperament of youth with that of old age, and considers middle age the best of all conditions.

"On Longevity and Shortness of Life" examines whether there is one cause that makes everything long-lived, or whether the cause is diverse for plants and animals, whilst "On Life and Death" considers living beings as food burners: They nourish themselves, and in some cases they have the capacity for higher functions such as mental perception.

Public Domain (P)2021 Museum Audiobooks

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British accents too thick

as far as the content Aristotle was far superior to Socrates and Plato
the translation seem to be a little bit archaic and I haven't checked what year it was translated but then a lot of the reading was done by people with thick British accents and that combined with the archaic language English that is and the addition of metaphors and topics that are dated to the period it was a little hard to follow as an audiobook at times.
I did get some ideas about doing my own voice recording from this because two of the speakers used a sound like the clacking of sticks or the clapping of hands to denote when they messed up and we're going to reread that part and then come back to it to edit out the mistake but on this recording the claps in the clacking was not loud enough to give that signature on the frequency graphic so they missed it and left the erroneous portions in line.

Unfortunately Not Worth Reading

The translation and voice actors are difficult to listen to in the first place. Then you have the subject matter which is pretty useless, frankly. I would say I painfully endured this collection. Had no idea how little relevance much of Aristotle’s work bears in the modern context. If you’re looking to understand Aristotelian principles, a lot of teachers or even YouTubers could break down the few relevant parts so you don’t need to trudge through the swamp of useless surmises. Watch some YouTubers summarize his ideas. You’re not missing much.

Can't understand robotic voice.

Terrible quality. Voice is robotic with some kind of Scottish accent. I can understand real Scotts far better than this poor imitation

Needs a better narrator

The narrator is practically mumbling to the point where you basically need subtitles to understand every 5th word. Needs to speak up and more clearly.

Terrible narration

The reader read without ANY feeling, the diction was clear, but there is no narration, just plain reading! It was impossible to follow! Of course I stopped listening after unsuccessful tries to grasp what was being „read“! A disappointment!