| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 320 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Philosophia antiqua,
0079-1687 ;
v. 117
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Philosophia antiqua ; v. 117.
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| Note |
Papers presented at a series of workshops held at Princeton, Cambridge and Paris in the late 1990's. |
| Bibliography |
"Aristotle's De caelo: a bibliography"-Page 283-298. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; From Plato's Timaeus to Aristotle's De caelo: The Case of the Missing World Soul (Thomas K. Johansen); The Possibilities of Being and Not-Being in De caelo 1.11-12 (Sarah Broadie); Two Standards for Inquiry in Aristotle's De caelo (Robert Bolton (Rutgers University)); Natural, Unnatural, and Preternatural Motions: Contrariety and the Argument for the Elements in De caelo 1.2-4 (R.J. Hankinson); Why Does the Earth Move to the Center? An Examination of Some Explanatory Strategies in Aristotle's Cosmology (Mohan Matthen). |
| Summary |
Aristotle's great ambition in his "De caelo" was to determine the nature and structure of the geocentric universe. This collection of essays addresses key epistemological and methodological issues raised by the numerous arguments that Aristotle offers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aristotle. De caelo.
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De caelo (Aristotle) |
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Aristoteles. De caelo. |
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Astronomy, Greek.
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Astronomy, Greek. |
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Cosmology, Ancient.
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Cosmology, Ancient. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bowen, Alan C.
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Wildberg, Christian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: New perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004173767 (DLC) 2009029137 (OCoLC)429816874 |
| ISBN |
9789004189829 (electronic book) |
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9004189823 (electronic book) |
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1282949535 |
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9781282949539 |
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9789004173767 |
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9004173765 |
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