The Man Who Tried to Impress Aristotle

In The Man Who Tried to Impress Aristotle we follow the story of Edgar Blunt, an ordinary man who discovers an annotated anthology of philosophy and becomes obsessed with achieving Aristotelian virtue through rigid, literal interpretations of concepts like potentiality and the Golden Mean. Edgar's attempts to mathematically calibrate his friendships, diet, and even his sock drawer lead to social isolation and personal paralysis. Through a series of domestic failures, Edgar eventually learns...