Reddit reviews Aristotle: Selections

Well, the gold standard is the 2 volume Oxford translation:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Aristotle-Vol-1/dp/069101650X

But the logical works are in a separate volume from the ethics and metaphysics.

Hackett is generally good too - this volume seems to have exactly what you're looking for:

http://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Introductory-Readings-Hackett-Classics/dp/0872203395/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418606074&sr=1-1&keywords=hackett+aristotle

EDIT: Based on the Amazon reviews, these might be better alternatives to the Hackett edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Selections/dp/0915145677/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_i

http://www.amazon.com/New-Aristotle-Reader-J-Ackrill/dp/0691020434/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418606837&sr=1-2&keywords=ackrill+aristotle

What works are collected in the Selections book you mentioned? Is it this book: https://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Selections/dp/0915145677 ?

I’m a fan of starting with the Categories, then De Interpretatione, Posterior Analytics, parts of the Physics, then Metaphysics, De Anima, Ethics, and the rest according to your interests. But I’m not sure how much it matters. I started with Ethics and Metaphysics and then went backwards.

Translations matter, but most things written after the 1970s are decent enough. It’s a rookie mistake to think the unclarity comes from the translation: 9/10, it’s in the Greek itself! You have a good question about individual words, but it’s only a problem if Aristotle was actually systematic about using his terms consistently, and it’s not at all clear that he does that.

I can’t see what you linked to, but my thoughts are that you should spend some money (to force you to commit to reading it) if it’s not a big deal. If it’s between this and eating, though, obviously don’t sweat it!

Fine and Irwin’s Aristotle Anthology might be a good place to start. I’m not sure it’s better to start trying to rigidly complete whole texts than to look at key chapters to see the basic picture first: https://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Selections/dp/0915145677