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The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics Helen S. Lang (Trinity College, Connecticut)

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics By Helen S. Lang (Trinity College, Connecticut)

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics by Helen S. Lang (Trinity College, Connecticut)


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In this 1999 book, Lang establishes the case that we must rethink our approach to Aristotle's physical science and Aristotelian texts, demonstrating a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo.

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics Summary

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements by Helen S. Lang (Trinity College, Connecticut)

This 1999 book demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo. The author analyses a group of arguments that are almost always treated in isolation from one another, and reveals their elegance and coherence. She concludes by asking why these arguments remain interesting even though we now believe they are absolutely wrong and have been replaced by better ones. The book establishes the case that we must rethink our approach to Aristotle's physical science and Aristotelian texts, and as such will provoke debate and stimulate new thinking amongst philosophers, classicists, and historians of science.

The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics Reviews

...this book will be of interest to scholars. It will also interest those seeking to understand Aristotle's physics on its own terms. Norman O. Dahl, Religious Studies Review

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I. Place: 1. Aristotle's physics and the problem of nature; 2. Nature and motion; 3. Place; 4. Void; Part II. The Elements: 5. Inclination: an ability to be moved; 6. Inclination as heaviness and lightness; 7. Inclination: the natures and activities of the elements; Part III. Nature As a Cause of Order: 8. The order of nature in Aristotle's physics; Bibliography of works cited; Subject and name index; Index of Aristotelian texts.

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NPB9780521624534
9780521624534
0521624533
The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements by Helen S. Lang (Trinity College, Connecticut)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
19981028
338
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