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9780521624534

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521624534

  • ISBN10:

    0521624533

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-10-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The book demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo. The author analyses a group of arguments that are almost always treated in isolation from one another, and reveals their elegance and coherence. She concludes by asking why these arguments remain interesting even though we now believe they are absolutely wrong and have been replaced by better ones. The book establishes the case that we must rethink our approach to Aristotle's physical science and Aristotelian texts, and as such will provoke debate and stimulate new thinking amongst philosophers, classicists, and historians of science.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
ix(2)
Abbreviations
xi
PART I. PLACE 3(162)
1 Aristotle's Physics and the Problem of Nature
3(31)
2 Nature and Motion
34(32)
3 Place
66(56)
4 Void
122(43)
PART II. THE ELEMENTS 165(100)
5 Inclination: An Ability to Be Moved
165(30)
6 Inclination As Heaviness and Lightness
195(24)
7 Inclination: The Natures and Activities of the Elements
219(46)
PART III. NATURE AS A CAUSE OF ORDER 265(30)
8 The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics
265(30)
Bibliography of Works Cited 295(13)
Subject and Name Index 308(7)
Index of Aristotelian Texts 315

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