Aristotle in 90 Minutes

Unabridged
Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Robert Whitfield
Genres: Philosophy
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: October 2003
Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes
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Overview

These concise and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in an entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.

Selected Reviews

Aristotle in 90 minutes

by JMJ
  • Book Rating: 1/5

As expected...

by Joshua Klickman
  • Book Rating: 2/5

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Reviews (7)

Aristotle in 90 minutes

Written by JMJ on December 11th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 1/5

This represents a very superficial and negatively biased view of Aristotle. The author seems more interested in Aristotle's defects rather than his contributions to modern thought.

As expected...

Written by Joshua Klickman on March 14th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

I enjoyed listening to this book. It was only slightly more informative (on Aristotle and his philosophy) than an introductory philosophy class, but then again, the title is "Aristotle in 90 Minuntes" not "The Complete Works of Aristotle."

Aristotle is 90 Minutes

Written by Anonymous from Lancaster, CA on September 20th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

I wanted more philosophy and less history, so I wasn't to happy with this book.

The Everest of Philosophers

Written by Anonymous from Hartford, CT on August 25th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Even Paul Strathern, who can manage the likes of Plato and Descartes in 90 minutes with gorgeous acuity, comprehension, and wit, cannot quite produce a gem of concise explanation of the formidable Aristotle. Nonetheless, quite worth a listen.

Should be General Biography

Written by Anonymous on July 17th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

90% of this book is dedicated to telling his life story. While that has an impact on his thoughts I thought I was going to get a book about the teachings, writings and thoughts of Aristotle. Those only came into play in the last 4 tracks. This is fine if you just want a small bio of Aristotle but I thought I was going to get much more.

Boring

Written by Anonymous on April 15th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

This book was more of a biography than a summary of his philosophy. I could have read everything in here from an encyclopedia.

Not Interesting Enough

Written by Michael Hamrah from New York, NY on February 17th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This book didn't provided the depth into Aristotle as I wanted, but then again I didn't think it was supposed to. More of a biography than an analysis of Aristotles philosophical ideas, this book is good at providing random facts at dinner parties that people will find annoying and irrelevant.

Selected Reviews

Aristotle in 90 minutes

by JMJ
  • Book Rating: 1/5

As expected...

by Joshua Klickman
  • Book Rating: 2/5

More...

Read All 7

Author Details

Author Details

Strathern, Paul

Paul Strathern (1940-) is a British writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics. He is the author of two successful series of short introductory books: Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World. His book on the history of chemistry entitled Mendeleyev's Dream (2001) was short-listed for the Aventis Prize, and his works have been translated into over two dozen languages. He is the author of the best-selling 'The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance', and his most recent work 'Napoleon in Egypt' came out in May 2007.

Strathern was a lecturer at Kingston University where he taught philosophy and science. He lives in London, and has three grandchildren: Tristan, Julian and Opajoke.