Jonathan Wayne Barnes

Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I

Method and Metaphysics presents twenty-six essays in ancient philosophy by Jonathan Barnes, one of the most admired and influential scholars of his generation. The essays span four decades of his career, and are drawn from a wide variety of sources: many of them will be relatively unknown even to sp...

Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classics)

The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence—great though that was—than in their astonishing intelle...

Domino Men, The

“An infectious blend of wit, wonder, and the bizarre presented with remarkable style.”—San Antonio Express-NewsJonathan Barnes, author of The Somnambulist, outdoes himself in outrageous invention with The Domino Men. Fans of Neil Gaiman, Jasper Fforde, Susanna Clarke, Matt Ruff, and Douglas Adams wi...

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and ...

The Domino Men: A Novel

In an earlier century, Queen Victoria made a Faustian bargain, signing London and all its souls away to a nefarious, inhuman entity. Now, generations later, the bill has finally come due. . . . An amiable, unambitious London file clerk, Henry Lamb leads an unremarkable life—until the day he learns h...

The Sacrifice of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return for four more adventures. On a cold, wet, unforgiving day in the November of 1921, London is under attack. Drawn from retirement to combat the menace, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are forced, without warning, to confront old enemies and new threats - and an e...

Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I

Method and Metaphysics presents twenty-six essays in ancient philosophy by Jonathan Barnes, one of the most admired and influential scholars of his generation. The essays span four decades of his career, and are drawn from a wide variety of sources: many of them will be relatively unknown even to sp...

The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not attempt to disguise the nature of that difficulty, but at the same time they offer a clear exposition of the central philosophical concerns in his work. Appr...

Early Greek Philosophy

Early Greek Philosophy

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Greek Philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Greek Philosophers : Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Aristotle

Aristotle

Jathan Barnes (author)

Jonathan Barnes is the author of The Somnambulist, his first novel, as well as The Domino Men, an indirect sequel. He earned a first in English literature from...

Jathan Barnes

... author, see Jonathan Barnes (author). Jonathan Barnes, FBA (born 26 December 1942 in Wenlock, Shropshire) is an English scholar of ancient philosophy.