Kouremenos Aristotle's "de Caelo" III

Introduction, Translation and Commentary
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-515-10354-1
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 100, 121 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Palingenesia

This is the first full-scale commentary on Aristotle's de Caelo III to appear in recent decades. de Caelo III can serve as a good introduction to Aristotle's physics and its character. In it he answers some very general questions about the elements of all material things except celestial objects: how many these elements are, why they cannot be infinitely many but must be more than one, whether they are eternal or can be generated and decay, and, if the second, how. His discussion is often framed as a critique of rival theories, and he argues systematically against the geometrical theory of the elements in Plato's Timaeus, which adds greatly to the interest of the work. The commentary adduces many parallel passages from Aristotle's other works to round off the readers understanding, and the introduction offers a brief but comprehensive overview of the Aristotelian theory of the elements, which de Caelo III often takes for granted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kouremenos, Theokritos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;8
2;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;10
3;INTRODUCTION;12
4;1. ARISTOTLE’S COSMOS;12
5;2. THE FIRST SIMPLE BODY;13
6;3. THE EMPEDOCLEAN SIMPLE BODIES AND THEIR COMPOUNDS;14
7;4. CELESTIAL OBJECTS AND THE EMPEDOCLEAN SIMPLE BODIES;15
8;5. THE CONTENTS OF CAEL. ?;16
9;6. THE PRESENT TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY;18
10;TRANSLATION;20
11;COMMENTARY;34
12;BIBLIOGRAPHY;114
13;INDEX OF PASSAGES;117

Über Autor(innen)

Kouremenos, Theokritos
Theokritos Kouremenos is Associate Professor of Greek Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests are in ancient philosophy and science. He has published mainly on Aristotle and coauthored the 2006 edition of the Derveni Papyrus.