Aristotle on How Animals Move

Aristotle on How Animals Move
Author: Andrea Falcon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108491332

Critical edition, translation, and extended interpretation of this important work which reveals the operation of Aristotle's methodology.

Aristotle's De Motu Animalium

Aristotle's De Motu Animalium
Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691219486

Available for the first time in paperback, this volume contains text with translation of De Motu Animalium, Aristotle's attempt to lay the groundwork for a general theory of the explanation of animal activity, along with commentary and interpretive essays on the work.

Aristotle on How Animals Move

Aristotle on How Animals Move
Author: Andrea Falcon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108865275

The De incessu animalium forms an integral part of Aristotle's biological corpus but is one of the least studied Aristotelian works both by ancient and modern interpreters. Yet it is a treatise where we can see, with some clarity and detail, Aristotle's methodology at work. This volume contains a new critical edition of the Greek text, an English translation, and nine in-depth interpretative essays. A general introduction that focuses on the explanatory strategies adopted by Aristotle in the De incessu animalium plus a historical essay on the reception of this work in antiquity and beyond open the volume. No other work of this kind has been published in any modern language.

On the Gait of Animals

On the Gait of Animals
Author: Aristotle
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2018-06-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781721546237

On the Gait of Animals Aristotle Other works by the renowned classical scholar, translator, and literary critic Francis Fergusson include "The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays," "Sallies of the Mind: Essays," "Trope and Allegory: Themes Common to Dante and Shakespeare," and "Dante's Drama of the Mind: A Modern Reading of the "Purgatorio. Translator and scholar S. H. Butcher served as editor for the Dover Thift Edition of the "Poetics," as well as for the "Orationes, Volume 1" by Demosthenes. Butcher is also the author of "Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art," We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Physics

Physics
Author: Aristotle
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780198240921

The eighth book of Aristotle's Physics is the culmination of his theory of nature. He discusses not just physics, but the origins of the universe and the metaphysical foundations of cosmology and physical science. He moves from the discussion of motion in the cosmos to the identification of a single source and regulating principle of all motion, and so argues for the existence of a first 'unmoved mover'. Daniel Graham offers a clear, accurate new translation of this key text in the history of Western thought, and accompanies the translation with a careful philosophical commentary to guide the reader towards an understanding of the wealth of important and influential arguments and ideas that Aristotle puts forward.

Aristotle's Generation of Animals

Aristotle's Generation of Animals
Author: Andrea Falcon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108585310

Generation of Animals is one of Aristotle's most mature, sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings. His overall goal is to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of how animals reproduce, including a study of their reproductive organs, what we would call fertilization, embryogenesis, and organogenesis. In this book, international experts present thirteen original essays providing a philosophically and historically informed introduction to this important work. They shed light on the unity and structure of the Generation of Animals, the main theses that Aristotle defends in the work, and the method of inquiry he adopts. They also open up new avenues of exploration of this difficult and still largely unexplored work. The volume will be essential for scholars and students of ancient philosophy as well as of the history and philosophy of science.

Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy

Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy
Author: Ricardo Salles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108836577

Explores ancient biology and cosmology as two sciences that shed light on one another in their goals and methods.

Aristotle on Desire

Aristotle on Desire
Author: Giles Pearson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139561014

Desire is a central concept in Aristotle's ethical and psychological works, but he does not provide us with a systematic treatment of the notion itself. This book reconstructs the account of desire latent in his various scattered remarks on the subject and analyses its role in his moral psychology. Topics include: the range of states that Aristotle counts as desires (orexeis); objects of desire (orekta) and the relation between desires and envisaging prospects; desire and the good; Aristotle's three species of desire: epithumia (pleasure-based desire), thumos (retaliatory desire) and boulêsis (good-based desire - in a narrower notion of 'good' than that which connects desire more generally to the good); Aristotle's division of desires into rational and non-rational; Aristotle and some current views on desire; and the role of desire in Aristotle's moral psychology. The book will be of relevance to anyone interested in Aristotle's ethics or psychology.

Aristotle on Matter, Form, and Moving Causes

Aristotle on Matter, Form, and Moving Causes
Author: Devin Henry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108475574

Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.

Aristotle's Anthropology

Aristotle's Anthropology
Author: Geert Keil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107192692

The first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.