Beyond the incredible historical and cultural import of the works, the fact that the writings of a scientist and philosopher who lived some 2300+ years ago resonate so clearly with the modern reader speaks to their brilliance--even in the cases where philosophical and scientific advances made some ideas outdated.

In order to understand scholastic philosophy and theology with any kind of respectable measure, I believe one must also have read or at least be familiar with the works of Aristotle.

Read sections. At least "Ethics" made sense.

Aristotle is one smart cookie. I honestly think hylomorphism (form + matter) is a big step in thought

This is a special book - I used it while in college. My youngest son used it while in college. Now I am using it again in grad school.

I remember reading a quote claiming that while Plato was the first to ask the eternal problems of philosophy, Aristotle was the first to formulate them in a such a way that they might be solved. The sheer clarity and simplicity of Aristotle's work makes one understand its seductiveness to the Scholastics.

I read maybe an eighth of this book and understood an eighth of that eighth. Recommend for smart people.

Makes up for the dryness and, at times, boring-ness inherent to the explication of causative factors involved with physics, movement, cosmology, and so forth, by his sheer lucidity and clarity in explicating the nature of How Things Are. Or, rather, how the classical, ancient mind determined things were, further expounding upon how things behave, shape themselves, are derived, form, generate, move, stop, descend, ascend, etc.

Perhaps the main reason to read Aristotle is to begin see the first mental explorations of epidemiologic, scientific and empirical inquiry attempting to derive sources, meanings, and reasonings from the universal chaos. His metaphysics and meditations on the nature of satisfaction, happiness and a life well-lived are especially meaningful and well thought out. I began to understand why so much of western conceptualization- religious or otherwise- has since derived from the prismatic brilliance of Aristotle's mind. Highly recommended. Tough to slog through, at times- but give it patience and time. It's worth it.

Read for HUMS2000 at Carleton University. Read parts of Categories, Physics, Metaphysics, and Ethics.

I thiiiink I used this for my grad treatise and not my undergrad thesis, but I'm not 100% sure. But hey! Aristotle!

Read the Metaphysics for a seminar.

From literary criticism and rules of grammar to political science to rhetoric and debate to natural science, there was little Aristotle did not feel compelled to discuss. It's intriguing from our vantage point to look back and see how often he knew about ideas that we think are modern. On the other hand, it's humbling to realize how little he got right about science. If humanity survives another two millenia, our science will likely seem as absurd to our descendants as his does to us.