Helen S. Lang, Lang Helen S.

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics

Place and the Elements

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lang demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780521042291
• ISBN-10: 0521042291
• Artikelnr.: 23039712

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part I. Place: 1. Aristotle's physics and the problem of nature
2. Nature and motion
3. Place
4. Void
Part II. The Elements: 5. Inclination: an ability to be moved
6. Inclination as heaviness and lightness
7. Inclination: the natures and activities of the elements
Part III. Nature As a Cause of Order: 8. The order of nature in Aristotle's physics
Bibliography of works cited
Subject and name index
Index of Aristotelian texts.