The philosophical and philological study of Aristotle fragments and lost works has fallen
somewhat into the background since the 1960's. This is regrettable considering the different
and innovative directions the study of Aristotle has taken in the last decades. This collection
of new peer-reviewed essays applies the latest developments and trends of analysis criticism
and methodology to the study of Aristotle's fragments. The individual essays use the fragments
as tools of interpretation shed new light on different areas of Aristotle philosophy and lay
bridges between Aristotle's lost and extant works. The first part shows how Aristotle frames
parts of his own understanding of Philosophy in his published 'popular' work. The second part
deals with issues of philosophical interpretation in Aristotle's extant works which can be
illuminated by fragments of his lost works. The philosophical issues treated in this section
range from Theology to Natural Science Psychology Politics and Poetics. As a whole the book
articulates a new approach to Aristotle's lost works by providing a reassessment and new
methodological explorations of the fragments.
