Aristotle's ever-turning world, in Physics 8 : analysis and commentary /

Aristotle's ever-turning world, in Physics 8 : analysis and commentary /

In Aristotle's Ever-turning World in Physics 8 Dougal Blyth analyses, passage by passage, Aristotle's reasoning in his explanation of cosmic movement, and provides a detailed evaluation of ancient and modern commentary on this centrally influential text in the history of ancient and mediev...

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Main Author: Blyth, Dougal.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Philosophia Antiqua 141.
Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752.

Subjects:

Aristotle. > Physics. > Book 8.
Science, Ancient.
Physics > Early works to 1800.
Motion > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: Q151.A73 B59 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • General Introduction
  • Terminology and Symbolism in the Analyses
  • The Everlastingness of Movement
  • Defence against Three Objections
  • Redefined Inquiry into Movement and Rest
  • The Universality of a Cause of Movement
  • Unmoved First Causes of Movement
  • The Everlasting Causes of Movement
  • The Priority of Locomotion
  • The Unique Continuity of Rotation
  • The Priority of Rotation
  • The First Mover and First Moved Body Again
  • Physics 8: Complete Translation
  • Analytic Subdivision of Chapters
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.