Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 139 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-0-511-48251-9
Content:
Andrea Falcon's work is guided by the exegetical ideal of recreating the mind of Aristotle and his distinctive conception of the theoretical enterprise. In this concise exploration of the significance of the celestial world for Aristotle's science of nature, Falcon investigates the source of discontinuity between celestial and sublunary natures and argues that the conviction that the natural world exhibits unity without uniformity is the ultimate reason for Aristotle's claim that the heavens are made of a special body, unique to them. This book presents Aristotle as a totally engaged, systematic investigator whose ultimate concern was to integrate his distinct investigations into a coherent interpretation of the world we live in, all the while mindful of human limitations to what can be known. Falcon reads in Aristotle the ambition of an extraordinarily curious mind and the confidence that that ambition has been largely fulfilled
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-521-85439-9
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-0-521-04804-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
v384-v322 Aristoteles
;
Naturphilosophie
;
Naturwissenschaften
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511482519
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482519
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