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A Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle
The Politics, Aristotle's classic work on the nature of political community, has been a touchstone of Western debates about society and government. In this volume, Peter Simpson presents a complete philosophical commentary on the Politics, an analysis of the logical structure of the entire text and each of its constitutive arguments and conclusions. Unlike other contemporary works on the Politics, Simpson's philosophical commentary is not, save incidentally, a discussion of philological and historical questions, a speculative elaboration of Aristotle's arguments, or a comparison of the philosopher's ideas with those of other ancient and modern theorists. Such treatments, argues Simpson, must be grounded in a thorough understanding of the philosophical content of the work--a point that underscores the need for this thorough and accurate analysis. Keyed to the ancient Greek text as well as to Simpson's own innovative translation of it (UNC Press, 1997), this book will stand as a valuable commentary on the philosophical argument in the Politics and will serve as a sound basis for future study of Aristotle's political thought.
Nine Lives, Or, The Felix Factor
The hero of this remarkable biography, Peter Simpson-Jones, was a special operations executive for the Anzio invasion in January, 1944. His role as off-shore navigational lead marker was crucial to that operation's success. 50,000 men depended upon his reconnaissance and navigational skills. A skill acknowledged by General Sir Harold Alexander, amongst many others, who gave Simpson-Jones a Bofors gun for his base ship Eduardo, in recognition of his services. His career began in the Royal Navy, surviving the Portsmouth Blitz and an attack by sharks off Reunion, both vividly described, to join the SOE. Towards the end of the war, following an epic 10,000 mile voyage in his heavily armed motor ...
England in the Middle Ages
Experience the fascination and excitement of this formative period in English history. The Normans combine an authoritative account of the main events with the human stories of how people lived, learned, played, prayed, loved, and were governed. The format has been designed to enable the reader to absorb the essence of the period. With over one hundred illustrations, maps, and time lines, the emphasis was on writing a serious history book with easy readability. Peter Simpson's encyclopedic knowledge of the English Middle Ages has enabled him to delve into fascinating details of the time and the links with England today to be found in language, institutions, and places. A lifetime of business, study, and research has enabled him to understand and relate the evolving architecture, trade, economics, and science and technology of this formative period in English history. England in the Middle Ages: The Normans 1066-1154 is ideal for scholars, students, visitors to England and Normandy, and for the general history reader.
Practical Anatomy for Artists
Drawing the human body is a creative process, but one which relies on an accurate rendition of the form. This practical book explains anatomy for the artist. It outlines the skeletal system and how this provides the first lines of construction, and then introduces the superficial muscular system. With this understanding, an artist is empowered with a rigid structure to aid drawing proportions and the muscle shapes to provide the form. In doing so, "Practical Anatomy for Artists" provides a technical foundation that will support the artist's intuitive skills. Topics include: * Proportions explained * Instruction on the muscular and skeletal elements of the male and female body * Guide to diff...
Hegel's Transcendental Induction
Hegel's Transcendental Induction challenges the orthodox account of Hegelian phenomenology as a hyper-rationalism, arguing that Hegel's insistence on the primacy of experience in the development of scientific knowledge amounts to a kind of empiricism, or inductive epistemology. While the inductive element does not exclude an emphasis on deductive demonstration as well, Hegel's phenomenological description of knowledge demonstrates why knowing becomes scientific only to the extent that it recognizes its dependence on experience. Simpson's argument closely parallels Hegel's own in the Phenomenology of Spirit, highlighting those sections, like Hegel's analysis of mastery and slavery, that contr...
Political Illiberalism
This book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L. P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good; political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. In Political Illiberalism, Simpson provides a detailed account of these political phenomena and presents a political theory opposed to that of Rawls and other proponents of modern liberalism. Simpson analyzes and confronts the assumptions of this liberalism by challenging its view of liberty and especially its cornerstone that politics should not be ...
Attention, Cooperation, Purpose
This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion's ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bion put it, "every group, however casual, meets to 'do' something." The approach described here shows how individual group members' use of attention - both broad or "evenly suspended" and focused - can promote a better understanding of purpose, making it possible for them to do what they have met to do. This work of attention enables group members to maintain a clear sense of their purpose and also to recognise how easily they can become distracted, losing focus and dispersing their energies into activities that are off task. The approach builds on the authors' experience of using Bion's insights into group dynamics over twenty-five years in different contexts, formal and informal, as group members, managers, leaders, teachers, consultants, researchers, family members, and friends.
The Eudemian Ethics of Aristotle
Among the works on ethics in the Aristotelian corpus, there is no serious dispute among scholars that the "Eudemian Ethics "is authentic. The "Eudemian Ethics "is" "increasingly read and used by scholars as a useful support and confirmation and sometimes contrast to the "Nicomachean Ethics." Yet, it remains a largely neglected work in the study of Aristotle's ethics, both among scholars and moral philosophers. Peter L. P. Simpson provides an analytical outline of the entire work together with summaries of each individual section, making the overall structure and detailed argument clear. His translation and explanatory notes include the common books that the "Eudemian" "Ethics" shares with th...
Little Alphabet Animals
A fresh new illustrated picture book about ABC animals written in lowercase letters of the alphabet. This colorful and lovable book is for curious children who love animals... from an armadillo sunrise to a zebra sunset, follow these small tales in the little alphabet. In the graphic style of artist Peter Simpson Cook, children are invited to explore how animals live in their home environments. Inspired by American Modernist artist Charley Harper, Peter has created this animal art to communicate with young children in a graphic way by using simple shapes, textures and colors. Also written by the illustrator, young readers can develop a foundation that sparks awareness for the care and protection of all the world's animals with these short narrative rhymes. This book features 26 engaging animal illustrations that are part of the Zoe's Zoo Animal Art Prints collection created by PSC.
