Aristotle's De Motu Animalium. Text with Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays.

Craven Nussbaum, Martha:

Published by Princeton Universtiy Press, 1978

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XXIII, 430 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag mit Randläsuren und kleineren Einrissen, Buchrücken ausgeblichen, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Schutzumschlag, Kopfschnitt angegraut, Bleistiftanmerkungen auf Vorsatz, sonst guter Zustand / dust jacket with edgewear and minor tears, spine faded, pencil annotation on dust jacket, top edge graying, pencil annotations on endpapers, otherwise good condition. - CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR WORKS OF ARISTOTLE ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR JOURNALS AND REFERENCE WORKS INTRODUCTION I Authenticity, Text Transmission, and Manuscripts Chapter 1. The Authorship and Dating of the De Motu Animalium Chapter 2. The Manuscripts II Text and Translation Note on the Translation Text Translation III Interpretive Essays Essay 1: Aristotle on Teleological Explanation The Democritean Challenge The Level of Explanation: Form and Matter Teleology: The Direction of Explanation Self-Maintaining Systems Functions Teleology and Intentionality Teleology and Necessity Teleology and the Universe Appendix: The Function of Man Essay 2: The De Motu Animalium and Aristotle s Scientific Method The MA and Physics VIII Animal Motion and Heavenly Motion Chapters 1 and 2: introductory remarks on animals Chapters 3 and 4: the arguments for an external unmoved mover Essay 3: The Sumphuton Pneuma and the De Motu Animalium's Account of Soul and Body The pneuma and hylomorphism The pneuma and Aristotle s theory of matter Essay 4: Practical Syllogisms and Practical Science Necessity and the Practical-Theoretical Parallel The Practical Syllogism in the De Motu The Syllogism in EN VII and DA III Rules and Practical Consistency Essay 5: The Role of Phantasia in Aristotle s Explanations of Action Phantasia in the accounts of action The use and range of phantasia Phantasia and aisthesis Phantasia and orexis Phantasia and thinking IV Commentary Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX INDEX OF PROPER NAMES INDEX LOCORUM. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aristotle's De Motu Animalium. Text with Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays.
• Publisher: Princeton Universtiy Press
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• Binding: Cloth with dustjacket.
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 550 grams
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