Aristotle's Ever-Turning World in Physics 8: Analysis and Commentary

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30237-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 141, 426 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua

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 medieval philosophy and science. In Physics 8 Aristotle argues for the everlastingness of the world, and explains this as deriving from a single first moved body, the sphere of the stars whose rotation around the earth is caused by an immaterial prime mover.

Blyth’s explanation of Aristotle’s individual arguments, techniques of reasoning and overall strategy in Physics 8 aims to bring understanding of his method, doctrines and achievements in natural philosophy to a new level of clarity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blyth, Dougal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Mathematik, Philosophie der Physik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

General Introduction
The Purposes and Approach of This Volume
The Aim and Achievement of Physics Bk 8
Modern Philosophical Interest in PhysicsBk 8

Terminology and Symbolism in the Analyses

1. The Everlastingness of Movement

2. Defence against Three Objections

3. Redefined Inquiry into Movement and Rest

4. The Universality of a Cause of Movement

5. Unmoved First Causes of Movement

6. The Everlasting Causes of Movement

7. The Priority of Locomotion

8. The Unique Continuity of Rotation

9. The Priority of Rotation

10. The First Mover and First Moved Body Again

Physics 8: Complete Translation

Analytic Subdivision of Chapters

Bibliography
Subject Index
Index of Proper Names
Index Locorum
Index of Greek Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Dougal Blyth (Ph.D. Northwestern, 1990) is a Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Auckland. He has previously published articles and book chapters on Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Aristophanes and Menander and co-edited Power and Pleasure, Virtues and Vices (Auckland 2001).