New perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo /

New perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo /

This volume is the first collection of scholarly articles in any modern language devoted to Aristotle's De caelo . It grew out of series of workshops held at Princeton, Cambridge, and Paris in the late 1990's. Since Aristotle's De caelo had a major influence on cosmological thinking u...

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Other Authors: Bowen, Alan C., Wildberg, Christian.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Philosophia Antiqua 117.
Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752.

Subjects:

Aristotle. > De caelo.
Astronomy, Greek.
Cosmology, Ancient.

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Call Number: QB41.A73 N49 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • Introduction /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • From Plato's Timaeus To Aristotle's De Caelo: The Case Of The Missing World Soul /
  • Thomas K. Johansen
  • The Possibilities Of Being And Not-Being In De Caelo 1.11-12 /
  • Sarah Broadie
  • Two Standards For Inquiry In Aristotle's De Caelo /
  • Robert Bolton
  • Natural, Unnatural, And Preternatural Motions: Contrariety And The Argument For The Elements In De Caelo 1.2-4 /
  • R.J. Hankinson
  • Why Does The Earth Move To The Center? An Examination Of Some Explanatory Strategies In Aristotle's Cosmology /
  • Mohan Matthen
  • The Theory Of The Elements In De Caelo 3 And 4 /
  • Mary Louise Gill
  • The Argument For The Sphericity Of The Universe In Aristotle's De Caelo: Astronomy And Physics /
  • Pierre Pellegrin
  • De Caelo 2.2 And Its Debt To The De Incessu Animalium /
  • James G. Lennox
  • Why Stars Have No Feet: Explanation And Teleology In Aristotle's Cosmology /
  • Mariska E.M.P.J. Leunissen
  • The Astrologization Of The Aristotelian Cosmos: Celestial Influences On The Sublunar World In Aristotle, Alexander Of Aphrodisias, And Averroes /
  • Gad Freudenthal
  • Aristotle's De Caelo: A Bibliography /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • Index Of Passages Cited /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • Index Of Subjects /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • Index Of Modern Authors /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg
  • Index Of Ancient And Medieval Authors /
  • A. Bowen and C. Wildberg.