Aristotle on How Animals Move

The de Incessu Animalium: Text, Translation, and Interpretative Essays
Herausgeber: Falcon, Andrea; Stavrianeas, Stasinos

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Produktbeschreibung

The De incessu animalium forms an integral part of Aristotle's biological corpus and allows us to see, with some clarity and detail, his methodology at work. This volume contains a new critical edition of the Greek text and an English translation, as well as a comprehensive range of interpretative essays.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781108491334
• ISBN-10: 1108491332
• Artikelnr.: 61498105

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Explanatory Strategies in the De incessu animalium
Andrea Falcon; 2. The Reception of the De incessu animalium Andrea Falcon;
Part II. Greek Text and Translation: Part III. Interpretative Essays: 3. De
incessu animalium 1-3: The Theoretical Framework and the Beginning of the
Actual Investigation Andrea Falcon; 4. De incessu animalium 4: Aristotle's
Conception of Dimension Panos Dimas; 5. De incessu animalium 5-6: The
Architecture of Locomotive Bodies Klaus Corcilius; 6. De incessu animalium
7-8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression Stasinos
Stavrianeas; 7. De incessu animalium 9: Aristotle's Mathematical
Kinesiology: The Case of Bending Christopher Frey; 8. De incessu animalium
10-11: Flight and Two-Footedness Timothy Clarke; 9. De incessu animalium
12-13: Limb-Bending and Natural Teleology Spyridon Rangos; 10. De incessu
animalium 14-15: Teleology Across Kinds Sarah Ruth Jansen; 11. De incessu
animalium 16-19: The Motion of Many-Footed Animals and Cases of Peculiar
Motion in Water Pantelis Golitsis.