Aquinas on Matter and Form and the Elements

A Translation and Interpretation of the De Principiis Naturae and the De Mixtione Elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-268-02000-2
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

Joseph Bobik offers a translation of Aquinas’s De Principiis Naturae (circa 1252) and De Mixtione Elementorum (1273) accompanied by a continuous commentary, followed by two essays: “Elements in the Composition of Physical Substances” and “The Elements in Aquinas and the Elements Today.” The Principles of Nature introduces the reader to the basic Aristotelian principles such as matter and form, the four causes so fundamental to Aquinas’s philosophy. On Mixture of the Elements examines the question of how the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water) remain within the physical things composed from them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bobik, Joseph

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Bobik is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books.