- Published: 2 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781784704254
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $22.99
Aristotle’s Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
- Published: 2 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781784704254
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $22.99
Edith Hall has resurrected Aristotle as the most relevant ancient philosopher for our times. A must-read if you’ve ever wanted to know a bit more about this modest visionary.
Tom Hodgkinson, editor of THE IDLER
Readers keen to live a Good Life – and prepare for a Good Death – should dive head first into this fount of ancient but still modern wisdom.
Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge
A wonderfully lively and personal guide to Aristotle's philosophy of well-being. Read it and flourish!
Sarah Bakewell, author of HOW TO LIVE
In this wise and delightful guide to the Grecian's teachings, Professor Edith Hall makes a highly convincing case for the ongoing relevance of ancient thinking
Bookseller
Wonderful and timely. Aristotle’s influence has been immense, but Edith Hall’s authoritative, warmly readable, clear and approachable book opens Aristotle up and establishes him as a man who addresses the issues of the human heart as much as the human mind. She gives us an Aristotle for our times as much as his own and all those that came between. Hugely recommended.
STEPHEN FRY
Edith Hall has recast Aristotle's text into everyday language, and applied his lessons on everything from happiness to, for instance, resisting temptation, writing a job application or using the Greek's chart of Virtues and Vices to analyse one's character.
Daily Telegraph
A wonderfully accessible picture of Aristotle ... I found it very compelling
John Gray, BBC Radio 4, Start the Week
[Hall] has written a practical and enjoyable guide to Aristotle’s philosophy as a recipe for contentment in the modern world.
Daisy Dunn, Literary Review
Hall drills down into the relevant Aristotelian wisdom to unearth piquant tips.
Gwen Smith, Mail on Sunday
[Hall] peppers her account with stories from her own life in a frank, discursive style
Dan Brotzel, Irish News
Hall navigates her way through the Aristotelian oeuvre with elegant ease
Christopher Bray, Tablet
Hall gamely breathes new life into [Aristotle's] doctrines (which she admits can be heavy-going) for 21st-century readers, flitting over the centuries and across cultural borders, taking in everyone from Philip of Macedon to Pharrell Williams of "Happy" with breezy aplomb. A beguiling cross between Mary Beard and Mary Poppins, Hall is enjoying herself outside the ivory towers
Lisa Allardice, Observer
A clear and frequently interesting survey of Aristotle’s thought
Sam Leith, Guardian
[The] conversational tone…suits her subject – recreating the congenial atmosphere of an Athenian symposium
Sameer Rehim, Prospect
[It is] mesmeric to hear Aristotelian wisdom freed from dusty, leather-bound volumes to be so emphatically applied to our every-day experience
Thomas Hennessy, Palantinate