Aristotle and Tragic Temporality

What does Greek tragedy reveal about the way human beings experience time? Sean D. Kirkland approaches Aristotle through that question, bringing his philosophy into conversation with tragic drama and the temporal world it creates on stage.

Action, change and human finitude lie at the centre of the book. In tragedy, choices unfold into consequences and lives are understood through what has already happened, what is happening now and what can no longer be undone. Kirkland reads those dramatic structures alongside Aristotle, showing how philosophy and tragedy can illuminate one another through their shared concern with human beings acting within time.