Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which of these books was Not authored by Aristotle?
ANicomachean Ethics
BTimaeus ✓ Correct
COn the Soul
DMetaphysics
Correct answer: (B) Timaeus — The Timaeus was not authored by Aristotle, so it is the odd one out.
Explanation
★The Timaeus was not authored by Aristotle, so it is the odd one out.
★The Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, on the nature of the physical world and the cosmos.
★Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's major work on virtue and the good life.
★On the Soul, or De Anima, is Aristotle's treatise on life and the principle of the soul.
★Metaphysics is Aristotle's study of being as being and first principles.
★So three of these are Aristotle's, while the Timaeus belongs to Plato.
★Keeping Plato's and Aristotle's titles apart is a common objective task.
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