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Nicomachean Ethics (c. 340 BCE)
Nicomachean Ethics is a treatise on ethics that examines the question of how men should best live their lives. It is one of the most influential philosophical works ever published, with the height of its influence coming in Europe during the Middle Ages when Thomas Aquinas and others merged key ideas from Nicomachean Ethics into core Christian theology.
Poetics (c. 340 BCE)
In Poetics, Aristotle proposes to discuss poetry, which he defines as a means of mimesis, or imitation, by means of language, rhythm, and harmony. In particular, Aristotle focuses his discussion on tragedy, which uses dramatic, rather than narrative, form, and deals with agents who are better than us. Although Poetics is in a very different category from works Aristotle on topics such as ethics, logic, and physics, it has exercised a great deal of influence on subsequent literary theory, particularly in the Renaissance.
Organon
Organon is a work by Aristotle that is the focus of two sections of summary and analysis in the SparkNotes Guide Selected Works of Aristotle. The aspects of Organon discussed are The Syllogism and The Structure of Knowledge.
Physics
Physics is a work by Aristotle that is the focus of two sections of summary and analysis in the SparkNotes Guide Selected Works of Aristotle. The discussion of Physics is divided into Books I to IV and Books V to VIII.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a work by Aristotle that is the focus of three sections of summary and analysis in the SparkNotes Guide Selected Works of Aristotle. The discussion of Metaphysics is divided into Books Alpha to Epsilon, Books Zeta and Eta, and Books Theta to Nu.
