Aristotle's Physics Book I
A Systematic Exploration
Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-64789-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-64789-9 (ISBN)
Provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of this important text, the first book of Aristotle's foundational treatise on natural philosophy. The book includes a new translation, while leading experts provide fresh interpretations of key passages and raise new problems. It is important for scholars and students of ancient philosophy, philosophy and the history of science.
This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of Physics I, the first book of Aristotle's foundational treatise on natural philosophy. While the text has inspired a rich scholarly literature, this is the first volume devoted solely to it to have been published for many years, and it includes a new translation of the Greek text. Book I introduces Aristotle's approach to topics such as matter and form, and discusses the fundamental problems of the study of natural science, examining the theories of previous thinkers including Parmenides. Leading experts provide fresh interpretations of key passages and raise new problems. The volume will appeal to scholars and students of ancient philosophy as well as to specialists working in the fields of philosophy and the history of science.
This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of Physics I, the first book of Aristotle's foundational treatise on natural philosophy. While the text has inspired a rich scholarly literature, this is the first volume devoted solely to it to have been published for many years, and it includes a new translation of the Greek text. Book I introduces Aristotle's approach to topics such as matter and form, and discusses the fundamental problems of the study of natural science, examining the theories of previous thinkers including Parmenides. Leading experts provide fresh interpretations of key passages and raise new problems. The volume will appeal to scholars and students of ancient philosophy as well as to specialists working in the fields of philosophy and the history of science.
Diana Quarantotto is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Sapienza Università di Roma. Her work focuses on Aristotle's physics, metaphysics and biology, and she is the author of Causa finale, sostanza, essenza in Aristotele (2005) and L'universo senza spazio. Aristotele e la teoria del luogo (2017).
Introduction: the role, structure and status of Aristotle's Physics I Diana Quarantotto; Physics I. 1 Andrea Falcon; Physics I. 2 Timothy Clarke; Physics I. 3 Laura M. Castelli; Physics I. 4 Cristina Cerami; Physics I. 5 Lindsay Judson; Physics I. 6 Alan Code; Physics I. 7 David Charles; Physics I. 8 István Bodnár; Physics I. 9 James G. Lennox; Physics I: translation.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-316-64789-7 / 1316647897 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-316-64789-9 / 9781316647899 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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